[PHX-Skywarn] NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION

[ldad administrator]

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX MAIL SERVER

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1130 AM MST SAT SEP 7 2002

...A RISK OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

THE OUTLOOK AREA CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ARIZONA...
MARICOPA...NORTHERN PINAL...SOUTHERN GILA...LA PAZ AND YUMA. CITIES
AND TOWNS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDE...THE GREATER PHOENIX
METROPOLITAN AREA...CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE...COOLIDGE...GILA BEND...
WICKENBURG...WENDEN...AND DATELAND.

THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK OVER THIS OUTLOOK AREA IS
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ARIZONA FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION
TO HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH...AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THAT COULD LOWER VISIBILITY TO
UNDER ONE HALF MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AND NEAR THE STRONGEST
STORMS.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

DG


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE