Special Weather Statement
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central La Paz And Northern Yuma Counties Through 330 PM MST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 246 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles south of Kofa Wildlife Refuge, or 36 miles northeast of Martinez Lake, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Kofa Wildlife Refuge and Palm Canyon.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Kofa
- Central La Paz
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~33s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2P2Z3A92JFEW77GE0RDAVZT
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.36a997b3681784ecfd2b0aa10e5f7d9986c3df42.001.1
- 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.6132
- 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 162146 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LA PAZ AND NORTHERN YUMA COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM MST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T21:46:00-00:00...storm...204DEG...13KT...33.33,-114.0 |
| maxWindGust | 55 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Kofa
- Central La Paz
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004012 |
| SAME | 004027 |
| UGC | AZZ531 |
| UGC | AZZ533 |
- Polygons
- 33.23,-113.94 33.27,-114.1 33.51,-114.09 33.44,-113.82 33.23,-113.94