Highlights
- NWS Phoenix issued a Special Weather Statement at 3:43 p.m. Friday covering Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and 17 other metro areas.
- Doppler radar tracked a strong outflow line stretching from Pipeline Canyon Trailhead through Desert Ridge Marketplace to Gold Canyon, moving southwest at 15 mph.
- Wind gusts up to 50 mph could knock down tree limbs and send unsecured objects airborne; residents outdoors were advised to seek shelter inside a building.
- The statement was set to expire at 4:45 p.m. Friday.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph swept toward Scottsdale and Paradise Valley Friday afternoon after the National Weather Service in Phoenix issued a Special Weather Statement at 3:43 p.m., citing a strong outflow boundary detected on Doppler radar.
The outflow line extended from near Pipeline Canyon Trailhead through Desert Ridge Marketplace and Falcon Field Airport to near Gold Canyon, continuing roughly 9 miles south of Boyce Thompson Arboretum. It was moving southwest at 15 mph at the time of the alert.
The NWS identified the hazard as wind gusts reaching 50 mph, with the primary impact being downed tree limbs and unsecured objects blown around. The agency advised anyone outdoors to seek shelter inside a building.
Affected highway corridors included Interstate 10 between mile markers 134 and 168, Interstate 17 between mile markers 195 and 230, and AZ Route 51 between mile markers 1 and 15.
The statement covered 18 zones across the metro area, including the Northwest Valley, Cave Creek and New River, Deer Valley, Central Phoenix, North Phoenix and Glendale, Rio Verde and the Salt River corridor, the East Valley, Fountain Hills and East Mesa, South Mountain and Ahwatukee, the Southeast Valley and Queen Creek, Superior, Northwest Pinal County, Apache Junction and Gold Canyon, and the Pinal and Superstition Mountains area.
The alert was set to expire at 4:45 p.m. Friday.
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