[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
1006 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
1006 AM MST THU JAN 9 2003

...DENSE FOG WARNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA
UNTIL 12 NOON 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 THIS
MORNING. PHOENIX SKY HARBOR...CHANDLER AND WILLIAMS GATEWAY AIRPORTS
REPORTED VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT 10 AM. SOME
SPOTS MAY SEE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET.
THIS WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE
PHOENIX METRO AREA.

MOTORISTS 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 BY 12 NOON MST.

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