Special Weather Statement
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Maricopa County Until 545 PM MST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 459 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Queen Valley, or 11 miles east of Gold Canyon, moving west at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 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. Locations impacted include... Apache Junction, Gold Canyon, Queen Creek, Superstition Mountains, Lost Dutchman State Park, Goldfield, Canyon Lake, Queen Valley, Saguaro Lake, and Tortilla Flat.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
Affected areas
- Rio Verde/Salt River
- East Valley
- Fountain Hills/East Mesa
- 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
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3AXS069CNYDBKNCB2J5BAEJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ac8a2e64029ae631cabea611aaca69eaeea594ca.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.9689
- 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 242359 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARICOPA COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-24T23:58:00-00:00...storm...106DEG...19KT...33.39,-111.27 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rio Verde/Salt River
- East Valley
- Fountain Hills/East Mesa
- Southeast Valley/Queen Creek
- Superior
- Northwest Pinal County
- Apache Junction/Gold Canyon
- Pinal/Superstition Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| SAME | 004021 |
| SAME | 004007 |
| UGC | AZZ547 |
| UGC | AZZ548 |
| UGC | AZZ549 |
| UGC | AZZ551 |
| UGC | AZZ552 |
| UGC | AZZ553 |
| UGC | AZZ555 |
| UGC | AZZ558 |
- Polygons
- 33.32,-111.67 33.49,-111.67 33.65,-111.5 33.45,-111.11 33.26,-111.2 33.25,-111.67 33.32,-111.67