332  
WWUS85 KPSR 152334  
SPSPSR  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ  
434 PM MST FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
AZZ538>540-550-553-554-559-160130-  
SOUTH MOUNTAIN/AHWATUKEE-SONORAN DESERT NATL  
MONUMENT-BUCKEYE/AVONDALE-NORTHWEST PINAL COUNTY-GILA BEND-TONOPAH  
DESERT-WEST PINAL COUNTY-  
434 PM MST FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS MARICOPA AND PINAL  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 432 PM MST, RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN  
MARICOPA AND FAR WESTERN PINAL COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT  
15 MPH.  
 
CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF  
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.  
 
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
AVONDALE, GOODYEAR, GILA BEND, MARICOPA, ESTRELLA, PALO VERDE, BIG  
HORN, COTTON CENTER, SOUTH MOUNTAIN PARK, ESTRELLA SAILPORT, ESTRELLA  
MOUNTAIN PARK, ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN RANCH, BOSQUE, PAINTED ROCK DAM,  
FREEMAN, GILA BEND AUXILIARY FIELD, SONORAN NATIONAL MONUMENT, KAKA,  
HASSAYAMPA, AND RAINBOW VALLEY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
AZ INTERSTATE 8 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 157.  
AZ ROUTE 238 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 44.  
AZ ROUTE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 149.  
 
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3251 11300 3336 11300 3334 11203 3276 11203  
3276 11205 3272 11207 3272 11214 3269 11215  
3268 11220 3251 11221  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 212DEG 12KT 3299 11280 3275 11242  
 

 
 
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