[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXNPWPSR.20030824

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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
554 PM MST SAT AUG 23 2003

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NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...
FLORENCE
554 PM MST SAT AUG 23 2003

...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM MST...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH THE NORTH-CENTRAL PART OF
PINAL COUNTY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES
OF NEARLY TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REGISTERED...WITH A SPOTTER
NEAR SUPERIOR REPORTING RAIN FALLING AT THE RATE OF ONE INCH PER
HOUR. AS A RESULT...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MST. THIS ADVISORY
INCLUDES THE TOWN OF SUPERIOR...AS WELL AS MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON
ROUTE 60 WEST TO FLORENCE JUNCTION...AND STATE ROUTE 177.

BE AWARE THAT WASHES IN THE AREA MAY BEGIN TO RUN...WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF HIGHWAY LOW SPOTS ALSO EXPERIENCING RUNNING WATER.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS THAT HAVE WATER
FLOWING OVER THEM.

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