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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Maricopa, AZ

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What is happening

At 334 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Metro Center, or near Phoenix, moving northeast at 40 mph. THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF PHOENIX. HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured....

What the bulletin says to do

Seek shelter now inside an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built structure. This storm is capable of producing destructive hail and damaging winds.

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Bulletin details

At 334 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Metro Center, or near Phoenix, moving northeast at 40 mph. THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF PHOENIX. HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles. Locations impacted include... Phoenix, Glendale, Sun City, Deer Valley Airport, North Mountain Park, Metro Center, Piestewa Peak Park, Desert Ridge Marketplace, Arrowhead Mall, Downtown Glendale and Downtown Peoria. This includes the following highways... AZ Route 101 between mile markers 10 and 15...and between mile markers 17 and 18...and near mile marker 19. US Highway 60 between mile markers 149 and 158. AZ Interstate 17 between mile markers 203 and 212. AZ Route 51 between mile markers 10 and 15...and between mile markers 3 and 6. AZ Interstate 10 near mile marker 146. AZ Route 303 between mile markers 138 and 139.

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Official revisions

4 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 3:34PM MST until October 21 at 3:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

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  2. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 3:27PM MST until October 21 at 3:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

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  3. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 3:18PM MST until October 21 at 3:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

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  4. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 3:04PM MST until October 21 at 3:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Phoenix AZ. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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