The weather service announced that a tornado possibly touched down near Williams on Monday as severe weather swept across Arizona.
NWS Phoenix retweeted Kevin who shared"THIS IS WILD" and a video of a rare October dust storm at 83rd Avenue and Happy Valley Road on Oct. 3, 2022.The National Weather Service announced that a tornado damaged homes just north of Williams on Monday afternoon, as severe thunderstorms continued to hammer Coconino, Yavapai and Maricopa counties.
The weather service account on Twitter said that damage in the Junipine Estates area could be due to a tornado. Citing the weather service, the Coconino County Sheriff's Office said between eight and 10 homes were damaged at around 1:30 p.m.A flash flood warning was issued for areas near Yavapai County including Jerome, Mingus Mountain, and Potato Patch CG until 6:15 p.m. according to the weather service.
The weather service also issued a dust storm warning for areas around Interstate 10 near Avondale, I-10 near Casa Grande, I-10 near Eloy, and I-10, I-17, US-60 near Phoenix and Mesa until 5:30 p.mGabriel Lojero, a meteorologist at the Phoenix weather service, said that inclement weather could affect Maricopa County later in the day.
"It looks like we could have some additional storm developments as we head into the next couple of hours into the Phoenix area probably after 4 or 5 p.m.," Lojero said."I'm not certain as to how widespread it is going to be but probably will have some isolated to scattered activity in the next couple of hours and then things will quiet down as we head into probably mid-evening or so.
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