[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXFFAPSR.20030814

[ldad administrator]

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
324 PM MST THU AUG 14 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA FROM 5 PM TONIGHT TO 
5 AM FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD 
WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING MARICOPA... 
NORTHERN PINAL...AND SOUTHERN GILA COUNTIES...FROM 5 PM TONIGHT 
UNTIL 5 AM FRIDAY. CITIES...TOWNS...AND RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE 
WATCH AREA INCLUDE...THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA... 
WICKENBURG...GILA BEND...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...FLORENCE 
...GLOBE...MIAMI...ROOSEVELT...SALT RIVER LAKES RECREATIONAL 
AREA...AND LAKE PLEASANT.  

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED TO 
AFFECT THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES FROM INDIVIDUAL STORMS 
MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...AND SEVERAL STORMS 
MAY AFFECT A GIVEN AREA...INCREASING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL WASHES...CREEKS AND 
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN 
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

DON'T DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE MOVING WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. BE 
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE