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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1258 AM MST FRI AUG 15 2025
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SOUTH MOUNTAIN/AHWATUKEE AZ-SONORAN DESERT NATL MONUMENT AZ-
BUCKEYE/AVONDALE AZ-NORTHWEST PINAL COUNTY AZ-
SOUTHEAST VALLEY/QUEEN CREEK AZ-EAST VALLEY AZ-CENTRAL PHOENIX AZ-
WEST PINAL COUNTY AZ-
1258 AM MST FRI AUG 15 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARICOPA AND PINAL COUNTIES
THROUGH 145 AM MST...
AT 1258 AM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MARICOPA, OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUN LAKES, MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MESA, CHANDLER, GILBERT, TEMPE, CASA GRANDE, SUN LAKES, MARICOPA,
QUEEN CREEK, SAN TAN VILLAGE MALL, SEVILLE, SOUTH MOUNTAIN PARK,
FREESTONE PARK, BAPCHULE, ESTRELLA SAILPORT, OLBERG, PHOENIX MESA
GATEWAY AIRPORT, SAN TAN MOUNTAIN PARK, CHANDLER HEIGHTS, GILBERT
CITY HALL, AND TUMBLEWEED PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
AZ INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 190.
AZ ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 171.
AZ ROUTE 202 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 55.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3287 11173 3288 11232 3338 11213 3338 11172
3327 11154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 202DEG 16KT 3307 11204
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MS
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