[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
1250 PM MST TUE AUG 26 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. 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.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...WITH BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LASTING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GREATEST
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR...AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

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.

LW



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE