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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2026, 9:11 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 34 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, 9:11 PM MST (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2026, 9:45 PM MST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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 |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:19 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 7:51 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 8:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 8:23 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:32 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:46 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 89 min |
| Aug 19, 8:53 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 8:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 9:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 9:14 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 9:29 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 10:11 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Pinal | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:29 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 10:59 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 11:01 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 12:02 AM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa, Yuma | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 12:52 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:45 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 30 min | |
| Aug 20, 1:56 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 2:08 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 21 min |
| Aug 20, 2:20 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 2:26 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 49 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.