Tornado Warning — Apache, AZ; Navajo, AZ was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 19:35 UTC. The event is classified as a tornado incident with a severity rating of Extreme, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).

Tornado Warning issued October 22 at 12:35PM MST until October 22 at 1:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ TORFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Navajo County in north central Arizona... Apache County in northeastern Arizona... * Until 100 PM MST. * At 1235 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 6 miles north of Pinetop-Lakeside, or 5 miles east of Show Low, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * Locations impacted include... Show Low, White Mountain Lake Estates, Mesa Redonda and Porter Mountain Outlook. This includes the following highways... S

Where this happened

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Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 34.294°, -109.882°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.

Understanding tornado events

Violently rotating columns of air producing concentrated destruction. Tornado intensity is rated on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from observed damage. Because warning times are typically measured in minutes, the difference between injury and safety is usually whether people can reach an interior room on the lowest floor.

How severity is rated

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Safety guidance for tornado situations

  • Go to the lowest floor, in an interior room, away from windows — a basement or reinforced room is best.
  • Cover your head and neck; most injuries come from flying debris.
  • A vehicle or mobile home is not shelter; leave for a sturdy structure if there is time.
  • Keep a weather-alert app or radio active during watch periods.
  • Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.

Data and verification

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Timeline and sources

Official warning

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  1. · received · event time 22 Oct 2026, 19:35 UTC
    First report Official warning

    First recorded from U.S. National Weather Service.

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  2. · received · event time 22 Oct 2026, 20:07 UTC
    Also reported Official warning

    Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Tornado Warning — Apache, AZ; Navajo, AZ"

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 2 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.

Conditions at the time

27.7mm
Rainfall that day
19°C
Maximum temperature
13°C
Minimum temperature
42km/h
Peak wind speed

27.7 mm of rain fell that day, and the temperature peaked at 19°C, and winds reached 42 km/h.

Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.