[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
626 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 DESERTS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...
FLORENCE...BOUSE...QUARTZSITE...SALOME......BUCKEYE...CAREFREE...
CAVE CREEK...CHANDLER...FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...MESA...
PEORIA...PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE...DATELAND...
TACNA...WELLTON...GILA BEND...LAKE PLEASANT...MORRISTOWN...
NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...WICKENBURG
626 AM MST THU JAN 9 2003

...DENSE FOG WARNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA EXPANDED INTO
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL 10 AM MST...

THE DENSE FOG WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED WESTWARD INTO MOST OF LA
PAZ AND YUMA COUNTIES...AND IT CONTINUES OVER MOST OF MARICOPA AND
NORTHWEST PINAL COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM MST. THIS DENSE FOG WARNING
INCLUDES THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...AS WELL AS GILA BEND...
TONOPAH...BOUSE AND DATELAND...AND THOSE PERSONS TRAVELING ON
INTERSTATES 8...10 AND 17.

LATEST SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED AREAS OF DENSE FOG CONTINUING TO
FORM EARLY THIS MORNING. BOTH PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AND WILLIAMS GATEWAY
AIRPORTS REPORTED VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE AT 6 AM MST...WITH
AIR TRAFFIC BEING AFFECTED BY THE FOG. SOME SPOTS MAY SEE FOG
REDUCING VISIBILITIES 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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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE