[PHX-Skywarn] NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION

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

WWUS55 KPSR 100141
SVSPSR
AZZ023-100200-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
636 PM MST TUE JUL 9 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY AND 
NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL 
MARICOPA COUNTY...AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE 
COMMUNITY OF APACHE JUNCTION...WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM. 
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED WELL OFF TO 
THE WEST...AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE.

THE STORM DID GENERATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...A GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH 
WAS REPORTED AT WILLIAMS GATEWAY AIRPORT...AND WEATHER RADAR 
INDICATED MANY MICROBURST SIGNATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM. IN 
ADDITION IT CREATED A DUST STORM IN THE EAST VALLEY WITH 
VISIBILITIES DOWN TO WELL BELOW ONE MILE OVER A WIDE AREA.

BRECKENRIDGE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE