894  
WWUS85 KPSR 130144  
SPSPSR  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ  
644 PM MST SUN JUL 12 2026  
 
AZZ553-554-559-130215-  
SONORAN DESERT NATL MONUMENT AZ-NORTHWEST PINAL COUNTY AZ-  
WEST PINAL COUNTY AZ-  
644 PM MST SUN JUL 12 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MARICOPA AND PINAL COUNTIES  
THROUGH 715 PM MST...  
 
AT 644 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES WEST OF CHUI-CHU  
TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FREEMAN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MARICOPA AND  
PINAL COUNTIES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES AZ INTERSTATE 8 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 158.  
 
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.  
 
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 AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3278 11234 3288 11209 3278 11193 3276 11205  
3273 11205 3272 11207 3272 11214 3268 11215  
3268 11220 3263 11221  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 124DEG 9KT 3279 11207 3274 11224  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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