[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
727 PM MST FRI MAY 30 2003

AZZ023-310330-
GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUCKEYE...CAREFREE...CAVE CREEK...
CHANDLER...FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...MESA...PEORIA...
PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE
727 PM MST FRI MAY 30 2003

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

AS OF 720 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF GUSTY WINDS AND DENSE BLOWING DUST
HAD REACHED A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH PHOENIX TO NEAR SKY HARBOR
AIRPORT TO SOUTH SCOTTSDALE. BLOWING DUST AND GUSTY SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WIND WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE GREATER PHOENIX
AREA...FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST...THROUGH 815 PM. VISIBILITY COULD
LOWER TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIME DUE TO BLOWING DUST.

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HAVE
GENERATED THE DENSE BLOWING DUST OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST
VALLEY. AT 647 PM...VISIBILITY AT CHANDLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LOWERED
TO 1/2 MILE...WHILE SOUTH WIND GUSTED TO 40 MPH. AT 630 PM...
VISIBILITY AT WILLIAMS GATEWAY AIRPORT LOWERED TO 1/2 MILE...WITH
SUSTAINED SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WIND OF 29 MPH..AND AT FALCON FIELD...SOUTH
WIND GUSTED TO 35 MPH AS OF 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...THROUGH AROUND 830 PM.

$$

DG



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE