[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXNPWPSR.20030819

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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
604 PM MST MON AUG 18 2003

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GREATER PHOENIX AREA-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...
FLORENCE...BUCKEYE...CAREFREE...CAVE CREEK...CHANDLER...
FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...MESA...PEORIA...PHOENIX...
SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE
604 PM MST MON AUG 18 2003

...DUST STORM WARNING UNTIL 730 PM MST...

A DUST STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST PINAL AND CENTRAL
MARICOPA COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MST...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX
AREA. A WALL OF DUST WAS NOTED MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST
VALLEY...AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF
THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45
MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A
FEW HUNDRED FEET IN BLOWING DUST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH THE DUST STORM WARNING AREA SHOULD
PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR THE LOWERED VISIBILITIES.
SLOW DOWN...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM AHEAD OF YOU.

VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER ABOUT 715 PM. HOWEVER...
AFTER THIS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD GIVE RISE TO
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE