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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1123 AM MST TUE AUG 26 2025
AZZ010-011-261900-
CHINLE VALLEY AZ-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU AZ-
1123 AM MST TUE AUG 26 2025 /1223 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025/
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT AREAS TSAILE IN APACHE COUNTY
UNTIL NOON MST /1 PM MDT/...
AT 1123 AM MST /1223 PM MDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEATFIELDS LAKE, OR 21 MILES EAST
OF CHINLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEHILI, WHEATFIELDS LAKE, SONSELA BUTTES, CANYON DE CHELLY
NATIONAL MONUMENT, LOWER WHEATFIELDS, WHEATFIELDS, UPPER
WHEATFIELDS AND TSAILE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3617 10932 3636 10922 3629 10905 3617 10905
3608 10912
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 208DEG 14KT 3616 10920
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
HUMPHREYS
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