[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
727 PM MST SUN JUL 14 2002

AZZ023-028-150400-
GREATER PHOENIX AREA-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL 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
727 PM MST SUN JUL 14 2002

...DUST STORM WARNING FOR NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE
GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA...UNTIL 9 PM...

DENSE BLOWING DUST GENERATED BY SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
PUSH WEST AND NORTH THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY BY
745 PM...AND OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE GREATER
PHOENIX AREA...MAINLY EAST VALLEY COMMUNITIES...BETWEEN 745 PM
AND 830 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER TO UNDER ONE MILE IN MANY
LOCATIONS AS THE GUSTY WINDS AND DUST ARRIVE...AND COULD LOWER TO
BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

AT 720 PM...CASA GRANDE REPORTED ONE QUARTER VISIBILITY DUE TO
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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DG


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE