Special Weather Statement
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Maricopa County Through 730 PM MST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 655 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Tonopah, 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... Tonopah, Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station, and Wintersburg. This includes AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 88 and 101.
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
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KYV9YAEFWVZ8XSGN73WF83
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d70b839390b3438df673acb03eb1ec1bb549d87d.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.2906
- 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 160155 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARICOPA COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM MST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T01:55:00-00:00...storm...196DEG...14KT...33.43,-112.95 |
| maxWindGust | 50 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
- 33.35,-112.89 33.4,-113.06 33.6,-113.04 33.55,-112.77 33.35,-112.89