Special Weather Statement
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Maricopa And Pinal Counties Through 200 PM MST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 129 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Florence Junction, or 9 miles south of Gold Canyon, moving northwest at 25 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... Apache Junction, Gold Canyon, Queen Creek, Florence Junction, Queen Valley, Gold Camp, Kings Ranch, and Magma. This includes the following highways... US Highway 60 between mile markers 201 and 215. AZ Route 79 between mile markers 143 and 150.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Southeast Valley/Queen Creek
- Superior
- Northwest Pinal County
- Apache Junction/Gold Canyon
- Pinal/Superstition Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~40s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NYJAX5601B357GKAWHENP8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7467f44cbb1081298096d6b0cddd0406c2ef1fc9.001.1
- 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.3980
- 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 162029 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARICOPA AND PINAL COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM MST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T20:29:00-00:00...storm...142DEG...22KT...33.22,-111.43 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southeast Valley/Queen Creek
- Superior
- Northwest Pinal County
- Apache Junction/Gold Canyon
- Pinal/Superstition Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| SAME | 004021 |
| SAME | 004007 |
| UGC | AZZ551 |
| UGC | AZZ552 |
| UGC | AZZ553 |
| UGC | AZZ555 |
| UGC | AZZ558 |
- Polygons
- 33.2,-111.25 33.09,-111.48 33.29,-111.64 33.42,-111.38 33.2,-111.25