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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 19, 2026Gila County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2026, 4:14 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 46 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, 4:14 PM MST (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2026, 5:00 PM MST
In force
46 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 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 19, 2:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:50 PM MST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:24 PM MST, 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 12:14 AM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal22 hr
Aug 19, 3:24 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila36 min
Aug 19, 3:37 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila38 min
Aug 19, 4:03 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila42 min
Aug 19, 4:44 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila46 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.