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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
853 PM MST WED AUG 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 930 PM MST.
* AT 853 PM MST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR APACHE LAKE,
OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOLD CANYON, MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
APACHE JUNCTION, GOLD CANYON, SAGUARO LAKE, CANYON LAKE,
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS, GOLD CAMP, TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT, KINGS
RANCH, LOST DUTCHMAN STATE PARK, GOLDFIELD, APACHE LAKE, AND
TORTILLA FLAT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
US HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 207.
AZ ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 201.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3365 11111 3340 11102 3328 11147 3365 11156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 068DEG 16KT 3351 11130
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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