[PHX-Skywarn] PHXNPWPSR.20030515 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

[ldad administrator]

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

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NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
524 PM MST WED MAY 14 2003

CAZ033-150400-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...GLAMIS...
IMPERIAL...SALTON SEA
524 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL IMPERIAL COUNTY UNTIL 9
PM PDT THIS EVENING...

SUSTAINED WEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL AFFECT
MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL IMPERIAL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE
COMMUNITIES OF EL CENTRO AND IMPERIAL...THROUGH 9 PM. THE WINDY
CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH
THE AREA. THE WIND WILL GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST...
WHICH WILL LOWER VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 8 AND OTHER ROADWAYS IN WESTERN AND
CENTRAL IMPERIAL COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER VERY STRONG
WINDS...AND SUDDEN REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SAND AND
DUST. GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL AFFECT MOTORISTS ON NORTH-SOUTH
ROADWAYS.

DG
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE