[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXFFAPSR.20030825

[ldad administrator]

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

WGUS65 KPSR 252040 CCA
FFAPSR
CAZ030>033-260700-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
138 PM MST MON AUG 25 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MST AND PDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...IMPERIAL COUNTY AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE
COUNTY. CITIES...TOWNS...AND RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE WATCH AREA
INCLUDE 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
OGILBY ROAD...HIGHWAY 78 AND HIGHWAY 86 IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED TO
AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
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