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Special Weather Statement
ExpiredCave Creek/New River; New River Mesa; Rio Verde/Salt River; Fountain Hills/East Mesa; Apache Junction/Gold Canyon
Status
Ended
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Moderate
Urgency
Expected
Certainty
Observed
Details
At 157 AM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Desert Mountain to near Goldfield, or extending from 9 miles north of Scottsdale to 6 miles north of Apache Junction, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph and half inch size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include... Mesa, Scottsdale, Apache Junction, Fountain Hills, Sugarloaf Mountain, Ballantine Trailhead, Round Valley, Carefree, Rio Verde, Goldfield Ranch, McDowell Mountain Park, Saguaro Lake, Salt River Tubing Recreation Area, Granite Reef Dam, Usery Mountain Park, Canyon Lake, Goldfield, Lost Dutchman State Park, Four Peaks and Desert Mountain.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Data from the National Weather Service
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