[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXFFAPSR.20030820

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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
1145 AM MST WED AUG 20 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA UNTIL 9 PM MST OR 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA UNTIL 9 PM
THIS EVENING...INCLUDING YUMA...LA PAZ...IMPERIAL AND EASTERN
RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...AS WELL AS ALL OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK.
CITIES...TOWNS...AND RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE...
YUMA...PARKER...QUARTZSITE...EHRENBERG...BOUSE...BRENDA...SALOME...
WENDEN...TACNA...DATELAND...IMPERIAL...EL CENTRO...CALEXICO...
BRAWLEY...GLAMIS...CALIPATRIA...HOLTVILLE...DESERT CENTER AND THE
SALTON SEA AREA.

SOME PARTICULARLY FLASH FLOOD PRONE ROADS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE
HIGHWAY 95 IN YUMA AND LA PAZ COUNTIES...AND OGILBY ROAD...HIGHWAY 78
AND HIGHWAY 86 IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES
FROM INDIVIDUAL STORMS MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE LOCALLIZED
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. IF YOU
ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...WATCH THE WEATHER...AND BE READY TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING OCCUR. IF YOU
OBSERVE FLOODING...DO NOT WAIT FOR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO BE
ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT.

ELLIS



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE