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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 2, 2025Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2025, 7:58 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2025, 7:58 PM MST (02:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2025, 8:45 PM MST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:16 PM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:29 PM MST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:05 PM MST, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:06 PM MST, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:07 PM MST, 51 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 5:20 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Gila	3 hr
Jul 2, 5:29 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	15 min
Jul 2, 5:44 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Jul 2, 5:45 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	45 min
Jul 2, 5:50 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	55 min
Jul 2, 6:11 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	34 min
Jul 2, 6:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:29 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		61 min
Jul 2, 6:40 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	27 min
Jul 2, 6:41 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	31 min
Jul 2, 6:51 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	39 min
Jul 2, 7:03 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 2, 7:07 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa	4 hr
Jul 2, 7:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 2, 7:21 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	39 min
Jul 2, 7:48 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	42 min
Jul 2, 8:07 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	28 min
Jul 2, 8:19 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	56 min
Jul 2, 8:35 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 2, 8:45 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 2, 9:05 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa	16 min
Jul 2, 9:10 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.