[PHX-Skywarn] PHXNPWPSR.20030328 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

[ldad administrator]

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

WWUS75 KPSR 280302
NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
800 PM MST THU MAR 27 2003

.A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST 
ARIZONA AND CAUSED STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS HAVE NOW 
DECREASED BEHIND THE FRONTAL SYSTEM...IN THE WAKE OF ITS PASSAGE. 
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. 

AZZ020-025-CAZ031-280400-
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
800 PM MST (700 PM PST) THU MAR 27 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST (7 PM PST) THIS EVENING...

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HAD 
OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THIS 
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE WINDS HAVE NOW 
DECREASED INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WHICH IS BELOW ADVISORY 
CRITERIAS. SOME FURTHER DECREASE IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THUS...THE 
WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WAS ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST...7 PM PST. 

SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY 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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