[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
503 PM MST SUN DEC 22 2002

.AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GIVE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL
ARIZONA. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 3000 TO 3500 FEET
TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW POSSIBLE.

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

...WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN
GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND
MONDAY. HOWEVER...THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL LIKELY STAY BELOW ADVISORY
OR WARNING CRITERIA...WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING DOWN TO 4000 FEET...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES
ABOVE 5000 FEET. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN GILA...
NORTHEAST MARICOPA AND FAR NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTIES SHOULD STILL
WATCH OUT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND
FOG...AS WELL AS SNOW-PACKED AND SLIPPERY ROADS LATER TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY EVENING.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE