[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 - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
757 PM MST TUE JUL 9 2002

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GREATER PHOENIX AREA-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...
FLORENCE...BUCKEYE...CAREFREE...CAVE CREEK...CHANDLER...
FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...MESA...PEORIA...PHOENIX...
SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE...GILA BEND...LAKE PLEASANT...
MORRISTOWN...NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...WICKENBURG
757 PM MST TUE JUL 9 2002

...DUST STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PINAL AND ALL OF MARICOPA
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE PHOENIX METRO AREA...EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM
MST...

DENSE BLOWING DUST WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WEST AND NORTH THROUGH MOST
OF THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA...AND THROUGH WESTERN MARICOPA
COUNTY...BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS
THAT WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WELL UNDER ONE MILE IN
MANY LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE WEST AND NORTH VALLEY...CASA
GRANDE...INTERSTATE 10...QUEEN CREEK...GILBERT...MESA...CHANDLER...
AHWATUKEE...AND GILA BEND.

AFTER 8 PM...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF...AND VISIBILITY VALUES
SHOULD SLOWLY RISE FROM WELL UNDER ONE MILE...TO OVER 6 MILES IN
MOST PLACES BY 9 PM.

AT 835 PM WINDS AT DEER VALLEY AIRPORT GUSTED TO OVER 50 MPH WITH
VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING DUST. A SPOTTER IN
GLENDALE AT 51ST AVENUE AND CACTUS REPORTED VALUES DOWN TO ONE
EIGHTH MILE...AND OTHER SPOTTER REPORTS FROM AROUND THE EAST VALLEY
EARLIER REPORTED VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A FEW BLOCKS WITH THE
BLOWING DUST.

MOTORISTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDENLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.

IF CAUGHT IN A DUST STORM...PULL AS FAR OFF THE ROADWAY AS
POSSIBLE AND PARK. KEEP YOUR LIGHTS OFF AND YOUR FEET OFF OF THE
BRAKE PEDAL. THIS IS TO AVOID BEING FOLLOWED AND THEN HIT FROM
BEHIND.

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BRECKENRIDGE


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE