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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2026, 4:35 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 9, 2026, 4:35 PM MST (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2026, 5:15 PM MST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 9, 1:59 PM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:59 PM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 8, 6:08 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 52 min | |
| Aug 8, 8:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 32 min | |
| Aug 8, 8:36 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 39 min | |
| Aug 8, 8:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 9:06 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:28 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa, Yuma | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 9:47 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 43 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 4:03 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 4:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 22 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.