[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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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1030 AM MST MON JUL 15 2002

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST  
ARIZONA AND FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

COUNTIES IN THE RISK AREA IN ARIZONA INCLUDE...MARICOPA...NORTHWEST 
PINAL...SOUTHERN GILA...LA PAZ AND YUMA.

COUNTIES IN THE RISK AREA IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA INCLUDE...IMPERIAL 
AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE...AND THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK PORTION OF 
SAN BERNARDINO.

THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISKS INCLUDE:  THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS TO OVER 50 MPH...AND BLOWING DUST
OR SAND ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS POSSIBLY LOWERING
VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER 
DESERT REGIONS.

ADDITIONAL THREATS INCLUDE:  INTENSE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE 
HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN GILA AND NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTIES IN 
ARIZONA AND THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. ..

STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARD THE WEST OR NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. 

THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA IS INCLUDED IN THE OUTLOOK AREA...BUT 
AFTER 7 PM.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR 
THIS EVENING.

WILT




NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE