NWS Phoenix AZSV.W 0131September 15, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Maricopa, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Phoenix issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Maricopa in Arizona, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on September 15. It was the 131st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Phoenix issued in 2026. Arizona had 91 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 52 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Arizona's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 36 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Phoenix AZ
- Area
- Maricopa
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:54 p.m. PDT, September 15, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. PDT, September 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPSR SV.W 0131
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona since 2008Every warning type in Arizona
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The notice as issued
SVRPSR The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Maricopa County in south central Arizona... * Until 630 PM MST. * At 554 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gila Bend, moving north at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Gila Bend, Gila Bend Auxiliary Field, and Bosque. This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 111 and 122. AZ Route 238 between mile markers 1 and 6. AZ Route 85 between mile markers 1 and 5, and between mile markers 119 and 130.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona since 2008336 a year
- Every warning type in Arizona
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels