[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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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
438 AM MST FRI NOV 29 2002

...WETTER AND COOLER WEATHER HEADED TOWARDS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST 
HAS STARTED MOVING NORTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING. AS IT MOVES EASTWARD
...IT WILL PULL UP INTO OUR AREA CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE THAT HAS BEEN 
POOLING UP TO OUR SOUTH. THEREFORE...SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE 
TODAY INTO TONIGHT...FIRST IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND FAR SOUTHWEST 
ARIZONA...AND THEN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA BY THIS EVENING.

SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY BY TONIGHT AND ON THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY AS 
THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. IN ADDITION...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...
WITH SOME STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLY PRODUCING SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. 
COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE THE RULE OVER THE WEEKEND.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME DESERT LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND 
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA COULD RECEIVE RAINNFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF A 
HALF INCH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS POSSIBLY MEASURING 
OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL BY SUNDAY MORNING. THESE FORECAST AMOUNTS 
MIGHT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED AS THE EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMES 
CLEARER LATER TODAY.

ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOULD 
CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UP-TO-THE-MINUTE WEATHER INFORMATION. 
ALSO...BE AWARE THAT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN ARIZONA COULD RECEIVE 
CONSIDERABLE SNOWFALL WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM.

WILT



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE