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

[ldad administrator]

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

WWUS55 KPSR 202055
SVSPSR
AZC027-CAC025-202130-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
155 PM MST WED AUG 20 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 230 
PM...
...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR FAR SOUTHEAST YUMA 
COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHEAST IMPERIAL COUNTY UNTIL 3 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST 
ARIZONA UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 155 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG 
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AT TIMES...WERE OCCURRING 
OVER FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY...EXTENDING FROM INTERSTATE 8 SOUTH 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...AND FROM YUMA TO JUST WEST OF LIGURTA. 
THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 5 
TO 10 MPH. AT 150 PM...STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE 
FOOTHILLS EXIT OFF INTERSTATE 8. 

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL AFFECT LIGURTA...FORTUNA FOOTHILLS...AND 
THE AREA JUST SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN YUMA THROUGH 230 PM. 

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE