Arizona Weather Force has issued an Excessive Lightning Watch for Tuesday Evening into Wednesday morning.
Zones … West, Southwest, Southern, Central Arizona, including Phoenix, Pinal, Tucson, Payson, Prescott zones … oh and guess what, Yuma, you are also in this, which is extremely rare, so enjoy the show.
Discussion … A storm system coming out of Southern California will move into the region on Tuesday evening and last all night, with enough lift and instability to bring numerous Lightning strikes to the area. Heavy rain, hail, strong winds, and isolated tornado chances will all be possible along with thundersnow in the mountains …
Remember, the entire storm event snow/rain models are located here in addition to this alert – https://arizonaweatherforce.com/2025/03/10/final-storm-details-tuesday-into-thursday-of-this-week-march-11th-to-13th-2025-rain-and-snow-models
Raiden Storm
Master General Meteorologist