[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXNPWPSR.20030531

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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
613 PM MST FRI MAY 30 2003

AZZ023-310331-
GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUCKEYE...CAREFREE...CAVE CREEK...
CHANDLER...FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...MESA...PEORIA...
PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE
613 PM MST FRI MAY 30 2003

...DUST STORM WARNING FOR THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA UNTIL 830 PM...

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL
GENERATE DENSE BLOWING DUST THAT WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE GREATER
PHOENIX AREA...FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST...BETWEEN 620 AND 830 PM.
VISIBILITY COULD LOWER TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIME DUE TO BLOWING
DUST. BLOWING DUST LOWERED VISIBILITY TO UNDER 100 YARDS AT FLORENCE
AROUND 6 PM.

GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING DUST WILL REACH THE FAR SOUTHEAST VALLEY...
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF QUEEN CREEK AND GILBERT...BY 620 PM
...OVERSPREAD TEMPE AND MESA BETWEEN 630 AND 7 PM...AND REACH
DOWNTOWN PHOENIX BY 7 PM.

MOTORISTS ON ROADWAYS IN THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST...AS WELL AS
THE GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND.

$$

DG



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE