Special Weather Statement
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Maricopa County Through 445 PM MST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 414 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Gila Bend, moving north at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Gila Bend and Cotton Center. This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 107 and 116. AZ Route 85 near mile marker 1, near mile marker 119, and between mile markers 130 and 132.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Tonopah Desert
- Gila Bend
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KNKP35XWC9X34GQWGP930T
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f851bae7325385bc13d16e91dcdb9188a0ed987a.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPSR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8604
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSPSR |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KPSR 152314 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARICOPA COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM MST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T23:14:00-00:00...storm...196DEG...15KT...33.02,-112.79 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Tonopah Desert
- Gila Bend
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZZ538 |
| UGC | AZZ539 |
- Polygons
- 32.92,-112.72 32.92,-112.9 33.16,-112.88 33.1,-112.63 32.92,-112.72