Special Weather Statement
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Maricopa County Through 315 PM MST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 241 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles east of Sentinel, or 14 miles west of Gila Bend, moving north at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of Maricopa County. This includes AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 95 and 108.
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
- ~41s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2P2P646Z56ZMCXAYPJ50C5G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cdb9c1c5eb49af04965b7039636ed2f3d34acafd.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.5860
- 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 162141 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARICOPA COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM MST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T21:41:00-00:00...storm...194DEG...19KT...32.92,-112.98 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| 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
- 32.81,-112.91 32.86,-113.1 33.12,-113.05 33.06,-112.79 32.81,-112.91