[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXSPSPSR.20031111

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
545 AM MST TUE NOV 11 2003

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA MOUNTAINS      
   LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

A STRONG PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OFF THE 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THIS MORNING...AND WAS DRAWING SIGNIFICANT 
AMOUNTS OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FROM OFF THE BAJA COAST AND 
SPREADING IT INTO ARIZONA. THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 
TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND LEAD TO AN INCREASING THREAT FOR 
SHOWERS AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

INCREASING CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL 
ARIZONA TODAY...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SHOWERS. HOWEVER MORE 
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL 
ARIZONA DESERTS...IN AND AROUND PHOENIX... OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH 
HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY. 
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE HIGHER 
ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY...STARTING LATE TONIGHT...AND 
CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH-CENTRAL DESERTS INCLUDING THE PHOENIX 
METROPOLITAN AREA MAY SEE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 
ONE INCH.

SNOW LEVELS WILL BE RATHER HIGH...FALLING TO NEAR TEN THOUSAND FEET 
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

BRECKENRIDGE

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