News 11 Weather Authority: 1st wave of monsoon t’storms
June 23rd, 2021
YUMA, Ariz., (KYMA, KECY) - We're only 8 days into Monsoon Season and already we're seeing signs of thunderstorm activity in the area.
During the mid-afternoon, a series of significant thunderstorms have developed near Blythe and Quartzsite along Interstate 10.
In that vicinity, the National Weather Service enacted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, 16 miles East of Desert Center.
That slow-moving storm was capable of 60 mile per hour damaging winds and nickel-size hail.
There was also flood concerns in that area as well.
Around the same time frame, a strong t'storm cell developed near the Wellton-Tacna area, also inducing a Flash Flood Advisory.
Another storm cell from South of the border quickly developed, and then collapsed just outside of El Centro.
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