[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXSPSPSR.20031112

[ldad administrator]

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
520 AM MST WED NOV 12 2003

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA TODAY AND 
TONIGHT...

A STRONG PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST OFF OF THE FAR SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUED TO SPREAD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TROPICAL 
MOISTURE INTO ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FROM OFF THE BAJA  
COAST THIS MORNING. THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 
TODAY...AND LEAD TO AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND HEAVY RAIN 
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INLAND.

SHOWERS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME WIDESPREAD OVER SOUTHWEST AND 
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES RAINFALL 
WILL BECOME HEAVY IN PLACES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF 
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE CENTRAL DESERTS... 
INCLUDING THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 
ONE QUARTER INCH TO OVER ONE INCH BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND 
CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY EAST OF 
PHOENIX...WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER 
ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY BY THURSDAY MORNING.

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES MAY BECOME NECESSARY IN 
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...TODAY 
AND TONIGHT. STAY OUT OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND AREAS THAT BECOME 
FLOODED.

MONITOR THE WEATHER AND CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS TODAY AND 
TONIGHT. WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PHOENIX

OR VIA WEATHER RADIO ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND.

BRECKENRIDGE

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