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

[ldad administrator]

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

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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
954 AM MST TUE AUG 26 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL 10 PM MST AND PDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA  AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL
10 PM MST AND PDT...INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...IMPERIAL
AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...AND LA PAZ
AND YUMA COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. CITIES...TOWNS...AND
RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE IMPERIAL...EL CENTRO...
CALEXICO...BRAWLEY...GLAMIS...CALIPATRIA...HOLTVILLE...DESERT
CENTER...THE SALTON SEA AREA...YUMA...BLYTHE...PARKER...BOUSE AND
WENDEN.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...OVER 2 INCHES IN SOME
AREAS...GUSTY WIND...35 TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE REDUCED VISIBILITY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL WASHES...CREEKS AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THE AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO 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.

LW



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