[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXSPSPSR.20030826

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
625 AM MST TUE AUG 26 2003

...INCREASING PROBABILITY OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL
IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA TODAY 
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

FORMER HURRICANE IGNACIO...NOW TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO...CONTINUED TO 
MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST. IT EXPECTED TO CONTINUALLY WEAKEN 
AND MOVE NORTHWEST TO A POSITION NEAR THE BAJA SPUR BY LATE IN THE  
WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE CIRCULATION FROM IGNACIO WILL NOT BE A THREAT... 
MOISTURE SPINNING OFF FROM THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER 
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA LATER 
TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THIS WILL ADD MOISTURE TO AN ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS 
...AND WILL RESULT IN A HIGHER PROBABILITY FOR SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER 
SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FROM 
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...MANY LOCATIONS OVER 
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE AND 
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS 
EXCEEDING ONE INCH. YOU ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS 
...STATEMENTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED THIS WEEK.

STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS INCLUDING FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT
NIGHT. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED THIS
WEEK. IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY...
DO NOT WAIT FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED.

WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PHOENIX

OR WEATHER RADIO ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND.

CJB







NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE