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Special Weather Statement issued August 14 at 11:25PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

Published: 14 August 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

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At 1120 PM MST, a cluster of thunderstorms continue to persist, with additional development across eastern portions of the Phoenix metro anticipated into the overnight hours. Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible, with frequent lightning and heavy downpours that could result in localized accumulations of one half inch or greater. Locations impacted include… Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Tempe, Casa Grande, Apache Junction, Florence, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, Coolidge, Sycamore Creek, East Mesa, Sunflower, Gold Canyon, New River, Sugarloaf Mountain, Sun Lakes, and Ballantine Trailhead. This includes the following highways… AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 170 and 204. AZ Interstate 17 between mile markers 219 and 241.

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World Earthquake Report for Friday, 15 August 2025

Published: 14 August 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Fri, 15 Aug 2025, 06:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 15 Aug 2025

Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 4 quakes 5.0+, 43 quakes 4.0+, 142 quakes 3.0+, 375 quakes 2.0+ (565 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 4 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 43 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 142 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 375 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2 x 1014 joules (55.9 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 48131 tons of TNT or 3 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.3 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 6.3 Coral Sea, 57 km southwest of Utupua Island, Solomon IslandsFriday, Aug 15, 2025, at 03:22 am (GMT +11) – #2: Mag 5.2 Bering Sea, 48 mi southeast of Yunaska Island, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United StatesThursday, Aug 14, 2025, at 09:00 am (GMT -9) – #3: Mag 5.1 South Pacific Ocean, 199 km west of Jayapura, IndonesiaThursday, Aug 14, 2025, at 03:48 pm (Jayapura time) – #4: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 66 km southeast of Ostrov Paramushir Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaFriday, Aug 15, 2025, at 08:52 am (GMT +11) – #5: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 68 km south of Ostrov Paramushir Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaFriday, Aug 15, 2025, at 03:46 am (GMT +11) –

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Coastal Flood Advisory issued August 15 at 2:18AM EDT until August 15 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC

Published: 14 August 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

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* WHAT…Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE…The lower Cape Fear River from Wilmington southward. * WHEN…From 2 PM to 5 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS…The lowest portions of USS North Carolina Road and Battleship Road begin to observe minor coastal flooding. Water begins to spread out of storm drains onto Water Street just south of Market Street in downtown Wilmington.

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