[PHX-Skywarn] PHXSPSPSR.20030316 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

[ldad administrator]

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX MAIL SERVER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
610 PM MST SAT MAR 15 2003

...RAIN SPREADING OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT...AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

RAIN SHOWERS...SOME MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...INCLUDING THE COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD
TOTAL CLOSE TO A THIRD OF AN INCH IN SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
LIKE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF
BLYTHE CALIFORNIA.

INCREASING SHOWERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS LATER TONIGHT...WITH SHOWERS REACHING A
PEAK ON THE DESERTS NEAR PHOENIX SUNDAY MORNING. BETWEEN ONE QUARTER
AND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF PHOENIX...
WITH SLIGHTLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN ARIZONA SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WITH IMPROVING WEATHER IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA
SUNDAY MORNING...AND OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA BY LATE AFTERNOON.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE