[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
1001 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
1001 PM MST SUN DEC 22 2002

...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REST OF TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 3000
FEET TONIGHT AND RISE A BIT ON MONDAY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3
TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET AND 1 TO 3 INCHES AT THE 4000
FOOT LEVEL. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF SOMETIME MONDAY
NIGHT.

MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN GILA...
NORTHEAST MARICOPA AND FAR NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTIES SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND
FOG...AS WELL AS SNOW-PACKED AND SLIPPERY ROADS LATER TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY EVENING. AFFECTED HIGHWAYS THAT MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS INCLUDE
HIGHWAYS 60 AND 70 ALONG WITH STATE ROUTE 77.

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