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

[ldad administrator]

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

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
643 PM MST SAT AUG 23 2003

AZZ027-240330-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GILA BEND
643 PM MST SAT AUG 23 2003

...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM MST...

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ON DOPPLER RADAR
ACROSS SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY THIS EVENING. TWO AREAS OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT SINCE ABOUT 530
PM. THE FIRST AREA WAS JUST SOUTH OF GILA BEND OVER THE
BARRY GOLDWATER RANGE ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 85 AND THE
OTHER WAS IN THE GILA BEND MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTHWEST...BOTH OF
WHICH HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL.

OCCASIONAL STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MARICOPA
COUNTY INTO THE EVENING HOURS...SO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS
BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 830 PM MST.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY...
ESPECIALLY HEADED SOUTH OF GILA BEND ON HIGHWAY 85 SHOULD WATCH OUT
FOR FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THEM IF THEY ARE
FLOODED.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE