[PHX-Skywarn] PHXWSWPSR.20030226 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

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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
930 PM MST TUE FEB 25 2003

AZZ024-261100-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOBE...MIAMI...SAN CARLOS AND SUPERIOR...
ALSO INCLUDING APACHE...BARTLETT...CANYON...HORSESHOE...ROOSEVELT...
AND SAGUARO LAKES
930 PM MST TUE FEB 25 2003

...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 5500 FEET TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST...

A STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ARIZONA AT 
930 PM...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS STILL 
REPORTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA.  

MOST SHOWERS IN SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY HAVE BEEN IN THE FORM OF RAIN 
THROUGH 930 PM. COLDER AIR ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN 
GILA COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO NEAR 5000 
FEET. WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 
ABOVE 5500 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SIGNAL PEAK AREA SOUTH OF 
GLOBE...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN GLOBE AND THE 
SALT RIVER CANYON...AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE SAN CARLOS INDIAN 
RESERVATION.

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