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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
421 PM MST Tue Aug 12 2025

AZZ016-018-122345-
Eastern Mogollon Rim AZ-Northern Gila County AZ-
421 PM MST Tue Aug 12 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT COCONINO COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM
MST...

At 421 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Mead Ranch, or 12 miles northeast of Payson, moving southeast at 5
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Star Valley, Mead Ranch, Tonto Village, Kohls Ranch, Horton
  Springs, Knoll Lake, Ellison Creek Cascades, Water Wheel Falls,
  Whispering Pines, Hunter Creek, Christopher Creek, Ellison Creek
  Estates, La Cienega, Tonto Estate, Bonita Creek Estates and Bear
  Flat.

This includes State Route 260 between mile markers 259 and 273.

This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds...
Upper Tonto Creek Campground, Ponderosa Campground and Christopher
Creek Campground.

This includes the following swimming holes...
Tonto Creek Waterfalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3437 11128 3443 11110 3431 11101 3424 11121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 329DEG 6KT 3434 11114

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Bernhart