[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
437 AM MST THU JAN 9 2003

.RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAYS STORM SYSTEM HAS LEFT A VERY HUMID AIRMASS
IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA EARLY THIS
MORNING. THIS HAS LED TO AREAS OF FOG FORMING...SOME OF WHICH
WILL BE VERY DENSE.

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GREATER PHOENIX AREA-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
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...GILA BEND...LAKE PLEASANT...
MORRISTOWN...NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...WICKENBURG
437 AM MST THU JAN 9 2003

...DENSE FOG WARNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL 10 AM
MST...

THE DENSE FOG WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL BUT
EXTREME NORTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX
AREA...AND IT CONTINUES OVER PINAL COUNTY AS WELL.

LATEST SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED AREAS OF FOG FORMING EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND SOME OF THIS FOG WILL BECOME QUITE DENSE. VISIBILITIES
AT TIMES COULD BE REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...AND
PERHAPS DOWN TO JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET. THIS WILL MAKE FOR
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE UPCOMING MORNING
COMMUTE.

MOTORISTS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO
MAKE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION. BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SUDDEN AND
DRASTIC REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES THE REST OF THE MORNING. BE SURE TO
LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE IN FRONT OF
YOU.

THE DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF AROUND 10 AM.

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