[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXWSWPSR.20031227

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

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WSWPSR

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
450 AM MST SAT DEC 27 2003

.MUCH COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE DESERTS OF SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

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GREATER PHOENIX AREA-IMPERIAL COUNTY-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...
FLORENCE...BLYTHE...BOUSE...QUARTZSITE...SALOME......BRAWLEY...
CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...GLAMIS...IMPERIAL...SALTON SEA...BUCKEYE...
CAREFREE...CAVE CREEK...CHANDLER...FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...
GLENDALE...MESA...PEORIA...PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE...
DATELAND...TACNA...WELLTON...DESERT CENTER...EHRENBERG...PARKER...
GILA BEND...LAKE PLEASANT...MORRISTOWN...NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...
WICKENBURG...SAN LUIS...SOMERTON...YUMA
450 AM MST (350 AM PST) SAT DEC 27 2003

...FREEZE WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS...
AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA DESERTS TONIGHT...

CLEARING SKIES...RATHER LIGHT WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN
BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. THE COLDEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE LOWER 20S
IN THE COLDEST DESERT AREAS.

SOME EXPECTED MINIMUM TEMPERATURES INCLUDE...
WICKENBURG...23
TACNA AND COOLIDGE...26
BOUSE...27
IMPERIAL AIRPORT...29
GILA BEND...30
PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AND YUMA...36

TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...
PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY.  THOSE
THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD CONSIDER DRAINING THEIR
SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM
FREEZING. TENDER AND FROST-SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS SHOULD ALSO BE
PROTECTED FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST ON THIS
FREEZE SITUATION.

$$

SAS



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE