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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 484
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
345 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
1100 PM MDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA WILL SPREAD WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE LOWER DESERTS
THROUGH LATE EVENING, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MERGING STORM CLUSTERS.
SEVERE OUTFLOW GUSTS OF 60-75 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT, THOUGH
THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL NEAR 1
INCH DIAMETER.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SAFFORD AZ TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA VISTA AZ. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 481...WW 482...WW 483...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW
CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 6020.
...THOMPSON
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