[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXFFAPSR.20030827

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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
412 AM MST WED AUG 27 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA
UNTIL 5 PM TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX IS CONTINUING THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTHWEST
PINAL COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY. CITIES...TOWNS...AND
RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE GREATER PHOENIX
METROPOLITAN AREA...WICKENBURG...TONOPAH...AND GILA BEND IN MARICOPA
COUNTY...CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE...SUPERIOR...AND COOLIDGE IN
NORTHWEST PINAL COUNTY...AND GLOBE...MIAMI...ROOSEVELT...AND THE SALT
RIVER RECREATIONAL LAKES IN SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE
TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY
DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME OF TODAYS RAIN WILL OCCUR ON
GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM TUESDAYS STORMS.
RUNOFF WILL BE GREATEST IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTH-
CENTRAL ARIZONA.

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. BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT.

SAS



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE