[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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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
853 PM MST FRI SEP 6 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA TIL
6 AM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR MARICOPA...NORTHERN PINAL...AND SOUTHERN GILA COUNTIES
UNTIL 6 AM. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF GILA BEND...
WICKENBURG...ALL OF THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...SUPERIOR...CASA
GRANDE...COOLIDGE...FLORENCE...GLOBE-MIAMI...AND ROOSEVELT LAKE.

INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM OLD HURRICANE HERNAN CONTINUED TO
SPREAD INTO ARIZONA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. RESULTING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL ARIZONA FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT. REPEAT STORMS...SOME WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN FLOOD OR FLASH
FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND STREAM BEDS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED
TO AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS IN THE EVENT ADDITIONAL WEATHER
WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE NEEDED.

HV


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE