[PHX-Skywarn] PHXNPWPSR.20030215 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

[ldad administrator]

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

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
807 AM MST SAT FEB 15 2003

.MOIST CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
WILL LEAD TO FOG FORMATION THIS MORNING...AND SOME OF THE FOG
COULD BE VERY DENSE.

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GREATER PHOENIX AREA-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...
FLORENCE...BUCKEYE...CAREFREE...CAVE CREEK...CHANDLER...
FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...MESA...PEORIA...PHOENIX...
SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE...GLOBE...MIAMI...
SAN CARLOS AND SUPERIOR...ALSO INCLUDING APACHE...BARTLETT...
CANYON...HORSESHOE...ROOSEVELT...AND SAGUARO LAKES...LAKE PLEASANT...
MORRISTOWN...NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...WICKENBURG
807 AM MST SAT FEB 15 2003

...DENSE FOG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...
INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA...UNTIL 10 AM
THIS MORNING...

A DENSE FOG WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND
EASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTHERN PINAL COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN GILA
COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM THIS MORNING. THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN
AREA IS INCLUDED IN THE WARNED AREA. OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE
WARNED AREA INCLUDE GLOBE...MIAMI...SUPERIOR...COOLIDGE...
ROOSEVELT...AND FLORENCE.

LATEST SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW AREAS OF FOG AND LOW CLOUD FORMING
OVER PORTIONS OF THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...AS WELL AS OVER WEST-
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL
COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY. FOG AND LOW CLOUDS APPEARED TO BE
MOST WIDESPREAD OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTY. SOME FOG
WILL BE QUITE DENSE...WITH VISIBILITY DROPPING BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE. AT 8 AM...LUKE AIR FORCE BASE REPORTED VISIBILITY LOWERED TO
ONE SIXTEENTH OF A MILE DUE TO FOG.

MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SUDDEN
REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG THROUGH AT LEAST MID-MORNING.

$$

DG



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE