Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 9 at 6:40PM MST until August 9 at 7:45PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 9, 2026 - 6:40pm
Expires:
August 9, 2026 - 7:45pm
Description:
SVRTWC
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South Central Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 745 PM MST.
* At 640 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northeast
of Pinal Airpark, moving west at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Eloy, Picacho, Picacho Peak State Park, Pinal Airpark and Red Rock.
This includes the following highways...
Route 79 between mile markers 102 and 107. Route 87 between mile
markers 116 and 124. Interstate 10 between mile markers 206 and 232.
Instruction:
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Pinal, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov