[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
837 AM MST WED AUG 27 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH 11 PM
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX IS EXTENDING THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT AND EXPANDING IT
WEST TO INCLUDE SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. IN
ARIZONA...THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY...SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY...YUMA COUNTY AND
LA PAZ COUNTY. IN CALIFORNIA THE WATCH INCLUDES EASTERN RIVERSIDE
COUNTY...INCLUDING ALL OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...AND ALL OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY.

IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE
WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...WICKENBURG...AND GILA
BEND IN MARICOPA COUNTY...CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE...SUPERIOR...
COOLIDGE AND APACHE JUNCTION IN PINAL COUNTY...GLOBE...MIAMI...
ROOSEVELT...AND THE SALT RIVER RECREATIONAL AREA IN SOUTHERN GILA
COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS...YUMA...
WELLTON...DATELAND...AND TACNA IN YUMA COUNTY...PARKER...
QUARTZSITE...BOUSE...WENDEN...SALOME...AND VICKSBURG IN LA PAZ
COUNTY.

IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE
IMPERIAL...EL CENTRO...CALIPATRIA...HOLTVILLE...GLAMIS...AND BRAWLEY
IN IMPERIAL COUNTY AND BLYTHE AND JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK IN
EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

SOME PARTICULARLY FLASH FLOOD PRONE ROADS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE
HIGHWAY 95 IN YUMA AND LA PAZ COUNTIES...AND OGILBY ROAD...HIGHWAY 78
AND HIGHWAY 86 IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY
DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE
RAIN WILL OCCUR ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM TUESDAYS
STORMS. SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF
TWO INCHES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL WASHES...CREEKS AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. 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.

KINCAID



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE