[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
516 AM MST MON DEC 23 2002

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST IN FAR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA
THIS MORNING WILL BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS 
TO MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 4500 
FEET THIS MORNING...RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY MID MORNING WITH
SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION.

AZZ024-232000-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOBE
516 AM MST MON DEC 23 2002

...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET TODAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET IN 
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...BUT 
WILL LIKELY NOT STICK ENOUGH TO CAUSE A PROBLEM. SHOWERS WILL TAPER 
OFF TONIGHT.

THIS ADVISORY SUPERSEDES THE PREVIOUS ONE ISSUED PREVIOUSLY FOR THOSE
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET.

MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO THE HIGH TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN GILA...NORTHEAST 
MARICOPA AND FAR NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR 
POOR VISIBILITY...DUE TO SNOW AND FOG...AND SNOW-PACKED...SLIPPERY 
ROADS. THOSE MAIN HIGHWAYS THAT MIGHT BECOME HAZARDOUS TO NEGOTIATE 
INCLUDE ROUTES 60...70 AND 77.

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WILT





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