[PHX-Skywarn] PHXNPWPSR.20030318 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

[ldad administrator]

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

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
325 PM MST TUE MAR 18 2003

.A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION 
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS IT DOES SO...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
GRDAUALLY DECREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND OVERNIGHT. 

AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-190100-
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
325 PM MST (345 PM PST) TUE MAR 18 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL 
ARIZONA ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST...4 PM PST...

WINDS ESPECIALLY IN THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK AREA WILL BE 
GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH UNTIL 5 PM...THEN DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL 
ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WINDS IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH WITH 
POSSIBLY SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH UNTIL 5 PM. 

THESE WINDS WILL BE DECREASING AFTER 5 PM ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION 
BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE 
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS...BECOMING 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. WITH 
THE DECREASING TREND IN THE WIND...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM.

IT WILL AGAIN BE WINDY ON WEDNESDAY BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW THE 
ADVISORY CRITERIA...AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE 
COMMON ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.

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DKS





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