[PHX-Skywarn] PHXNPWPSR.20030327 - "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
415 PM MST THU MAR 27 2003

.A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA 
EXTENDING TO THE CALIFORNIA BAJA BORDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE WINDY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE LOWER 
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. WIND WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT.

AZZ020-025-CAZ031-280300-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHE...EHRENBERG...PARKER...SAN LUIS...
SOMERTON...YUMA
415 PM MST (315 PM PST) THU MAR 27 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CONTINUES 
THROUGH 8 PM MST (7 PM PST) THIS EVENING...

CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE BLYTHE...PARKER...
EHRENBERG...AND YUMA.

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THIS 
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE AREA. SOME BLOWING 
SAND AND DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE WIND...WHICH COULD LEAD TO 
PERIODIC AND SUDDEN REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY.

PEAK WIND GUSTS UP THROUGH 4 PM MST...3 PM PST...INCLUDED BLYTHE 39 
MPH...YUMA 33 MPH...AND A BIT FARTHER NORTH UP THE LOWER COLORADO 
RIVER VALLEY...NEEDLES HAD A GUST TO 44 MPH.  

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