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

CAZ033-150515-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...GLAMIS...
IMPERIAL...SALTON SEA
935 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL IMPERIAL COUNTY WAS ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM...

AT 9 PM...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUED OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL IMPERIAL COUNTY...BUT WIND HAD PEAKED EARLIER THIS EVENING
...AND HAD FALLEN JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AT MOST SITES.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL IMPERIAL
COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM. SUSTAINED WEST WIND 15 TO 30
MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...
ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR IMPERIAL.

EARLIER THIS EVENING...SUSTAINED WEST WIND OF 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS
AT OR JUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...AFFECTED THE COMMUNITIES OF EL
CENTRO AND IMPERIAL...AS WELL AS NEARBY LOCALES. WIND GUSTED TO 52
MPH AT EL CENTRO AND 50 MPH AT IMPERIAL BETWEEN 530 AND 6 PM. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND OF 43 MPH AT EL CENTRO AIRPORT AND 40 MPH AT IMPERIAL
AIRPORT OCCURRED BETWEEN 545 AND 615 PM.

AS THE WIND INCREASED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BLOWING SAND AND DUST WAS
REPORTED AT IMPERIAL AND EL CENTRO. VISIBILITY BRIEFLY LOWERED TO
FIVE-EIGHTHS OF A MILE AT EL CENTRO AND 1 MILE AT IMPERIAL AROUND 5
PM...REMAINED AT OR BELOW 2 MILES AT BOTH SITES THROUGH 6 PM...THEN
QUICKLY ROSE TO 7 MILES OR GREATER BY 7 PM.

DG

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