314  
WWUS85 KTWC 182136  
SPSTWC  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ  
236 PM MST MON MAR 18 2024  
 
AZZ505-506-182200-  
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING KEARNY/MAMMOTH/ORACLE-SOUTH CENTRAL  
PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING ELOY/PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK-  
236 PM MST MON MAR 18 2024  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY  
THROUGH 300 PM MST...  
 
AT 236 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
KEARNY, OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYDEN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
KEARNY AROUND 240 PM MST.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE KELVIN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 177 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 156.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3324 11094 3302 11080 3292 11087 3306 11106  
3322 11099 3325 11095  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 207DEG 13KT 3307 11093  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
AE  
 
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