SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 538

WW 538 SEVERE TSTM AZ 042130Z - 050500Z
        

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 538
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
230 PM MST Tue Aug 4 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Arizona

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until
  1000 PM MST.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are developing over the higher terrain of
east-central Arizona.  Somewhat similar to yesterday, these storms
will track southwestward through the evening, posing a risk of
damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north of Safford
AZ to 40 miles west southwest of Sierra Vista AZ. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
07025.

...Hart


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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 538 Status Reports

WW 0538 Status Updates
      

STATUS REPORT ON WW 538

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NNW SAD
TO 25 WSW SAD TO 30 S SAD TO 40 SE SAD.

..KERR..08/05/26

ATTN...WFO...TWC...


STATUS REPORT FOR WS 538 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

AZC003-009-019-023-050340-

AZ 
.    ARIZONA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

COCHISE              GRAHAM              PIMA                
SANTA CRUZ           


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.


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