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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
631 PM MST Fri Apr 18 2025

AZZ541-547-549-556>558-190200-
Fountain Hills/East Mesa AZ-Mazatzal Mountains AZ-Tonto Basin AZ-
Cave Creek/New River AZ-Rio Verde/Salt River AZ-
Pinal/Superstition Mountains AZ-
631 PM MST Fri Apr 18 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT GILA AND MARICOPA COUNTIES
THROUGH 700 PM MST...

At 629 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of convective
showers in northeast Maricopa with an outflow boundary along a line
extending from near Sycamore Creek to near Round Valley to near
Ballantine Trailhead to near Rio Verde. Outflow movement was east at
35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Round Valley, Punkin Center, McDowell Mountain Park, Roosevelt Dam,
Sugarloaf Mountain, Sycamore Creek, Ballantine Trailhead, Tonto
Basin, Tonto National Monument, Four Peaks, Sunflower, Apache Lake,
Rio Verde, Roosevelt, and Oak Spring Canyon.

This includes the following highways...
AZ Route 87 between mile markers 198 and 229.
AZ Route 188 between mile markers 240 and 266.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3396 11139 3391 11128 3380 11115 3376 11099
      3364 11108 3356 11126 3358 11149 3370 11180
      3401 11148 3401 11143
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 288DEG 31KT 3394 11141 3383 11148 3377 11154
3371 11164

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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