[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
300 PM MST SAT DEC 27 2003

.CLEAR SKIES WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW 
TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK IN THE LOWER 
DESERTS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL 
ARIZONA.

AZZ020>023-025>028-CAZ031>033-281130-
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
300 PM MST (200 PM 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 AT 
MANY LOCATIONS 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.

$$

RUNYAN





NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE