[PHX-Skywarn] PHXNPWPSR.20030415 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

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

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
803 PM MST MON APR 14 2003

AZZ020-025-CAZ030>033-150700-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHE...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...
GLAMIS...IMPERIAL...SALTON SEA...DESERT CENTER...EHRENBERG...
PARKER...SAN LUIS...SOMERTON...YUMA
803 PM MST (803 PM PDT) MON APR 14 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR IMPERIAL AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...
CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE EL CENTRO...IMPERIAL...
DESERT CENTER...THE SALTON SEA...JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...YUMA...
BLYTHE...AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CONTINUED TO
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT...AND HAD PRODUCED
BREEZY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS. STRONG GUSTY
SOUTH TO WEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH ONE OF THE WINDIEST AREAS LIKELY TO
BE THE IMPERIAL...EL CENTRO AREA WHERE WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45 MPH
AT TIMES.

SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT WIND REPORTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS WERE 44 MPH GUSTS AT THE AUTOMATIC STATION AT RICE VALLEY AT 5
PM...AND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT LOST HORSE IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. AT 730 PM IMPERIAL REPORTED SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO
OVER 40 MPH...AND BLYTHE INDICATED A PEAK WIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST
AT 33 MPH.

AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER WINDS...
AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 3 MILES AT TIMES...POSSIBLY TO
BELOW ONE MILE IN ISOLATED SPOTS. WINDS WILL LIKELY TAPER OFF TO
BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE
MORNING HOURS.

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BRECKENRIDGE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE