[PHX-Skywarn] NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION

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THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX MAIL SERVER

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
321 AM MST SUN DEC 22 2002

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN ARIZONA
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. COLD AIR MOVING IN WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE
SNOW LEVELS TO DROP TO 3500-4000 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THIS
WILL AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL
FOREST FOOTHILLS. PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA WILL BEGIN AS MOSTLY
LIGHT RAIN...THEN TURNING TO SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND BECOMING
HEAVIER LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE STORM PEAKS.

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SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOBE
321 AM MST SUN DEC 22 2002

...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS AT AND ABOVE 4000
FEET TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT
AND MONDAY. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT AND ABOVE 4000
FEET. SOME SNOW MAY FALL AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING ANY
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE
ABOVE 4000 FEET. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED
VISIBILTY.

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WILT



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE