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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
426 PM MST SUN JUL 12 2026
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FOUNTAIN HILLS/EAST MESA AZ-MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS AZ-TONTO BASIN AZ-
NORTHWEST PINAL COUNTY AZ-APACHE JUNCTION/GOLD CANYON AZ-
GLOBE/MIAMI AZ-SUPERIOR AZ-RIO VERDE/SALT RIVER AZ-
PINAL/SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS AZ-
426 PM MST SUN JUL 12 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT GILA
MARICOPA AND PINAL
COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM MST...
AT 425 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TONTO NATIONAL
MONUMENT TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF SUPERIOR. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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...
APACHE JUNCTION, FLORENCE, SUPERIOR, GOLD CANYON, TOP OF THE WORLD,
GOLD CAMP, LOST DUTCHMAN STATE PARK, GOLDFIELD, MAGMA,
TOP-OF-THE-WORLD, COOLIDGE AIRPORT, FLORENCE JUNCTION, SAGUARO LAKE,
QUEEN VALLEY, CANYON LAKE, SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS, TONTO NATIONAL
MONUMENT, KINGS RANCH, APACHE LAKE, AND SALT RIVER TUBING RECREATION
AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
US HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195 AND 242.
AZ ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 196.
AZ ROUTE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 150.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF ON OR NEAR THE LAKES ALONG THE SALT RIVER CANYON, GET OUT OF THE
WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN
STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA.
LAT...LON 3329 11087 3291 11143 3359 11165 3367 11095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 072DEG 27KT 3358 11113 3319 11111
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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