Storm near Phoenix
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
- Largest hail
- —none reported
- Strongest wind
- 68 mphgust
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 1within 15 mi
1 report
- 68 mph gust (measured)14.6 mi WSW of central Phoenix3.9 mi S of Cashion · Maricopa County · Mesonet
A mesonet station located at the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale measured a 68 mph gust.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The combination of strong daytime heating and orographic lifting along terrain features led to the development of isolated thunderstorms across south-central AZ during the afternoon hours on the 17th. Moderate instability in place with MLCAPE of approximately 1000 J/KG was sufficient for some of these thunderstorms to become strong as was the case with the storm that developed off the Estrellas Mountains located just southwest of downtown Phoenix and led to a 68 mph measured gust from a mesonet station located at the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale.