Arizona Weather Force has issued an Enhanced Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective Friday August 19, 2022 for the following areas… as a STRONGER dynamic is calculated … This is an enhanced dangerous situational watch higher than a severe thunderstorm watch …

Western half of the entire state of Arizona … including and centering Phoenix and Pinal County …

Discussion:  The easterly wave is sitting over the state so both upper and low-level convergence remains and as the storms passing Phoenix this evening happens … instability will remain with the lift … This will be stronger than now…  This also again will affect the Colorado River Valley… If you are vacationing at Havasu/Parker, then do a morning run or you will be hit later on …

What is hitting now is an appetizer as this easterly wave is a ‘hurricane’ that failed to form in the Gulf of Mexico and now is hovering over you … You cannot see it.. but the effects are great …