[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
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
355 AM MST SAT SEP 7 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA 
FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD 
WATCH FOR MARICOPA...NORTHERN PINAL...AND SOUTHERN GILA COUNTIES 
EFFECTIVE FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES 
THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITIES OF 
GILA BEND...WICKENBURG...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 OVERNIGHT. RESULTING SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL REDEVELOP TODAY 
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS 
TONIGHT. GIVEN THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE...AND THE 
REPEAT NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN 
FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES...STREAM BEDS AND 
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

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.

BRECKENRIDGE




NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE