[PHX-Skywarn] 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 - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
304 PM MST SUN JAN 5 2003

AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-061200-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHE...BOUSE...QUARTZSITE...SALOME......
BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...GLAMIS...IMPERIAL...SALTON SEA...
DATELAND...TACNA...WELLTON...DESERT CENTER...EHRENBERG...PARKER...
SAN LUIS...SOMERTON...YUMA
304 PM MST (204 PM PST) SUN JAN 5 2003

...A HIGH WIND WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING INCLUDES EASTERN RIVERSIDE AND IMPERIAL
COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA...AND LA PAZ AND YUMA COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE JOSHUA TREE
NATIONAL PARK...THE SOUTH SHORES OF THE SALTON SEA...THE
COMMUNITIES OF PARKER...BLYTHE...YUMA...IMPERIAL...AND PORTIONS OF
INTERSTATES 8 AND 10.

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WARNING AREA FROM
THE NORTHEAST. WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL
DEVELOP AND INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.

CONSIDERABLE BLOWING DUST AND SAND IS EXPECTED WITH THE STRONG
WINDS. MOTORISTS...BOATERS...AND PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA SHOULD
LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WIND
EVENT.
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