Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Phoenix
- Current state
- Resolved at 8:42 AM MST
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Initial Observed
Lightning within 10 nm of Phoenix: 3 flashes in 15 minutes
Tailodds counted 3 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Phoenix (PHX) in the 15 minutes to 7:31 AM MST, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 5.9 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 6:51 AM MST, reports ceiling 7000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 0 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KPHX 221351Z 00000KT 10SM FEW055 BKN070 BKN100 24/19 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP093 T02390194 $ Station KPHX at Thu Oct 22, 6:51 AM MST Lightning 3 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 7:31 AM, nearest 5.9 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-22 14:31 UTC) Sources NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
Resolution Confirmed
Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Phoenix
What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Phoenix (PHX) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 7:51 AM MST. The latest, at 8:08 AM MST, reports ceiling 5000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 6 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Phoenix in the 30 minutes to 8:42 AM MST.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation SPECI KPHX 221508Z 30006KT 10SM BKN050 BKN060 OVC100 26/19 A2987 RMK AO2 CB DSNT NE T02560189 $ Station KPHX at Thu Oct 22, 8:08 AM MST Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 8:42 AM Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-22 15:42 UTC) Sources Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds (supporting)Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful?