[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXWSWPSR.20031228

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

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
425 AM MST SUN DEC 28 2003

.SUB-FREEZING LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT IN THE 
LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL 
ARIZONA.

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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
425 AM MST (325 AM PST) SUN DEC 28 2003

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

MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...RATHER LIGHT WINDS AND 
CONTINUED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN MORE SUB-FREEZING 
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. THE COLDEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BY EARLY 
MONDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE LOWER 20S AT COLDEST 
WIND-SHELTERED DESERT AREAS.

SOME EXPECTED MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING INCLUDE...
WICKENBURG 24...COOLIDGE 25...TACNA AND BOUSE 26...GILA BEND 
29...IMPERIAL AIRPORT 31...AND PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT 36 DEGREES.

TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES AND 
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS...PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DRAINING THEM. POOL 
FILTER PUMPS SHOULD ALSO BE RUN DURING THE NIGHT TOO PREVENT PIPES 
FROM BURSTING. TENDER AND FROST-SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS SHOULD BE 
PROTECTED FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. AND...DONT FORGET TO LET 
YOUR PET INDOORS DURING THE UPCOMING COLD NIGHT.

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

$$

ESTLE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE