Special Weather Statement
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Maricopa County Through 645 PM MST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 613 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles southwest of Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station, or 14 miles south of Tonopah, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station and Wintersburg.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Tonopah Desert
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~49s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KWDX4SY7HZP5FW9N3TG2MY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8a1349b47a770ea850bdc3951ff482ccc79770e2.001.1
- 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.2122
- 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 160113 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARICOPA COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM MST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T01:13:00-00:00...storm...208DEG...11KT...33.29,-112.95 |
| maxWindGust | 55 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Tonopah Desert
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZZ538 |
- Polygons
- 33.22,-112.89 33.29,-113.04 33.5,-112.97 33.39,-112.73 33.22,-112.89