Special Weather Statement
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Maricopa County Through 545 PM MST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 508 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Gila Bend Auxiliary Field, or 7 miles south of Gila Bend, moving north at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Gila Bend, Gila Bend Auxiliary Field, and Bosque. This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 110 and 123. AZ Route 238 between mile markers 1 and 7. AZ Route 85 between mile markers 1 and 11, and between mile markers 119 and 124.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Gila Bend
- Sonoran Desert Natl Monument
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~37s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KRPGDK5M6D363QQXX1FBTT
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fdefa250266a9e1dbef9901e72c1ba7ef55e84a8.001.1
- 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.113
- 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 160008 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARICOPA COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM MST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T00:08:00-00:00...storm...194DEG...12KT...32.85,-112.75 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Gila Bend
- Sonoran Desert Natl Monument
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZZ539 |
| UGC | AZZ559 |
- Polygons
- 32.81,-112.84 33.03,-112.83 32.99,-112.56 32.77,-112.68 32.81,-112.84