Special Weather Statement issued October 12 at 11:58AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ
Official severe-weather alerts, warning areas, and disaster updates.
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At 1158 AM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers extending from over Cave Creek to near Carefree, or extending from 7 miles east of New River to 7 miles northwest of Scottsdale, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Landspouts and wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Scottsdale, Cave Creek, Carefree, Desert Mountain, Camp Creek and Seven Springs. Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- AZ, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Cave Creek/New River; New River Mesa; Rio Verde/Salt River
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-12T11:58:00-07:00
- states
- ["AZ"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-12T11:58:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.acadd5971249f5f701ba98c67ed500d35d5337da.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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