Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Yuma County, Arizona
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
8/22/2022 1:11:00 AM (UTC)
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
8/22/2022 1:11:00 AM until 8/22/2022 1:30:00 AM
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM
MST/130 AM PDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN LA PAZ...WESTERN YUMA AND EASTERN
IMPERIAL COUNTIES...
At 109 AM MST/109 AM PDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from 21 miles northeast of Brawley to 22 miles north
of Gordon`s Well to 17 miles north of Algodones Dunes to near
Martinez Lake, moving southwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Yuma, Somerton, Martinez Lake, Gadsden, Fortuna Foothills, Wellton,
Gordon`s Well, Algodones Dunes, Kinter, Andrade, Winterhaven, Araby,
Yuma Proving Ground, Blaisdell and Ligurta.
This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 1 and 32.
CA Interstate 8 between mile markers 55 and 96.
AZ Route 95 between mile markers 29 and 79.
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH




