[PHX-Skywarn] PHXNPWPSR.20030317 - "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
410 AM MST MON MAR 17 2003

.A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY AND TONIGHT AND BE EAST OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL HELP TO INCREASE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

AZZ020-CAZ030>033-172300-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHE...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...
GLAMIS...IMPERIAL...SALTON SEA...DESERT CENTER...EHRENBERG...PARKER
410 AM MST (310 AM PST) MON MAR 17 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND EXTREME WEST-
CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA BY AFTERNOON...WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH EXPECTED ALONG WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. THESE WINDS
WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND WHICH
COULD DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO WELL UNDER A HALF
MILE.

MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS-WINDS...ALONG
WITH LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND.
$$

AZZ021-025-026-172300-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOUSE...QUARTZSITE...SALOME......
DATELAND...TACNA...WELLTON...SAN LUIS...SOMERTON...YUMA
410 AM MST MON MAR 17 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY...

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND BY EARLY THIS EVENING COULD
BE BLOWING AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR
40 MPH. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST AND SAND WHICH COULD DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES TO WELL UNDER A HALF MILE.

MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS-WINDS...ALONG WITH LOWERED
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND.
$$

ESTLE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE