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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Phoenix, AZ

April 18, 2026Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 18, 2026, 11:58 AM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It took effect at Apr 19, 2026, 3:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2026, 11:58 AM MST (18:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2026, 3:00 AM MST
Expired
Apr 19, 2026, 12:02 PM MST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

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 19:00 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 17, 3:32 PM MST, 20 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 3:32 PM MST, 20 hours 26 minutes before
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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.