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

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

WWUS55 KPSR 202303
SVSPSR
CAC065-202315-

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

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM
PDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RIVERSIDE COUNTY...
INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 415
PM PDT. ADDITIONAL STRONG AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
BEING NOTED ON RADAR FROM CHIRIACO SUMMIT NORTHWEST INTO THE WESTERN
PART OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
WITH ONE OF THE STORMS THE PAST HOUR NEAR THE BLACK ROCK CANYON
CAMPGROUND JUST SOUTHEAST OF YUCCA VALLEY

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH
NEARLY ONE AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING AT ONE OF
THE AUTOMATED SITES IN THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THE PARK NEAR
COVINGTON SPRINGS. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN
IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...UNTIL
9 PM PDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR FURTHER FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND THE
WATCH AREA.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND DO NOT ENTER AREAS WHERE
WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADWAY.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE