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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2026, 4:03 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 42 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 19, 2026, 4:03 PM MST (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2026, 4:45 PM MST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Gila County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
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 19, 1:50 PM MST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:50 PM MST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 12:14 AM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 22 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:24 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:37 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 4:14 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 4:44 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 46 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.