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Arizona is facing a powerful severe-weather outbreak as giant hail, damaging winds, thunderstorms and multiple tornado warnings sweep across parts of the state.Hailstones measuring 2 to 3 inches across battered northern and central Arizona, damaging roofs, shattering windows and denting vehicles. A reported wind gust of 72 mph at Flagstaff Airport and widespread reports of fallen trees highlighted the intensity of the storms.The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado warnings after radar detected rotation in severe thunderstorms, including storms near Flagstaff. Tornado watches were also issued across parts of Arizona, marking an unusual event for the state in October.The Phoenix metropolitan area and surrounding communities also faced a significant risk of heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Forecasts warned of additional thunderstorms, large hail and damaging winds as the weather system moved across Arizona.

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00:00I
03:07Oh my God.
03:40Hello.
03:40Power just came back on.
03:42One of those bolts knocked out power for a moment.
03:44You can see how this water is just flooding everything here at this gas station.
03:53I wish I got the first bolt.
03:55It was so loud it sounded like an explosion hit.
03:57It was right here and it shot across the sky and it was an amazing sound of thunder.
04:02But you can see all the water is just quickly filling this area right now.
04:08Incredible storm that is pushing through in Ashford as we speak.
04:14Do the cops not know how to drive around the neighborhood to find it?
04:19Or are they just going to cut through the weeds and trees to get here?
04:25Holy shit.
04:29Well it made this, this trip...
04:46I'm going to be here.
04:46I can't see you.
04:48I can see you.
04:49I won't go now.
04:51I can see you.
04:53I can see you.
04:54I can see you.
05:07We're going through it right now, Wednesday, October 21st.
05:11This is tornado level weather right here, we are in trouble.
05:17I have never seen anything like this, not in a long time, there's literally hail all
05:22over the ground here, we've got a destructive hail alert on our phones, there's people still
05:28driving, it's nuts, be safe out there folks, please.
05:33That's great, that's rude.
05:36Oh no way, everyone's still coming back up.
05:42That's going to be lost.
05:44That's going to be lost.
05:48That's going to be lost.
05:50That's going to be lost.
05:58I'm going to be lost.
06:05I'm going to be lost.
06:07I'm going to be lost.
06:08I'm going to be lost.
06:12I'm going to be lost.
06:20I'm going to be lost.
06:22I'm going to be lost.
06:31I'm going to be lost.
06:51When did you come out here to do the repair?
06:53Do you live here?
06:53No, no, my daughter and her mom and her boyfriend live here.
06:58So this is his car.
06:59I stopped by because I was on my way home and then she told me her windshield got smashed
07:03by the hail.
07:16I was on my way home and then she told me about this.
07:19I was on my way home, so we're on my way home.
07:21I'm on my way home.
07:22I was on my way home, so we're on my way home.
07:33Oh yeah, Big Hale Supercell Storm here west of Williams, Arizona.
07:52Wow, this is crazy.
07:57There's space! Through it!
08:05It's definitely gotten better looking.
08:08Intensifying.
08:09Lowering on the right.
08:15That's a big time lowering on the right.
08:17Let's see.
08:49Two lords.
08:55Look at that up there. Look at the movement!
09:00Wow!
09:05Yeah, it's dripping in there.
09:15Climbing up that mountain.
09:19Oh wow!
09:23It's almost on the ground.
09:36Climbing in shoes in that valley.
09:51See it?
09:56Down the stream.
09:58Is that on the ground?
10:16Look at that thing.
10:24Look at that thing.
10:34See it?
10:35Yeah.
10:41Is that on the ground?
10:42Yeah, I think so.
10:44I've got it.
10:46Yeah, it's on the ground.
10:47It's a big clear slot in front of it.
10:56On the 2010 outbreak, that's what they were saying.
10:58It was the Mogollon Rim.
10:59The lift and elevation from Phoenix over the Mogollon Rim
11:02that like triggered the spinning, yeah.
11:03Really?
11:04Yeah.
11:04You see that one when a tornado war into the north?
11:06Yeah.
11:12Look at the lifting happening.
11:25There's a lot of boats going down.
11:27Yeah.
11:50It's time to dock.
11:51Here we go.
11:52Good night.

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