[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXNPWPSR.20031113

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

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NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1214 AM MST THU NOV 13 2003

AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-131300-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHE...BOUSE...QUARTZSITE...SALOME......
BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...GLAMIS...IMPERIAL...SALTON SEA...
DATELAND...TACNA...WELLTON...DESERT CENTER...EHRENBERG...PARKER...
SAN LUIS...SOMERTON...YUMA
1214 AM MST THU NOV 13 2003/1114 PM PST WED NOV 12 2003

...DENSE FOG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA DESERTS AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA FROM 1 AM MST UNTIL 12
NOON MST...

A DENSE FOG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL
PARK...IMPERIAL COUNTY...EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...THE LOWER
COLORADO RIVER AND THE SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA DESERTS VALID FROM 1 AM
MST UNTIL 12 NOON MST. AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE
WARNING AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES ANTICIPATED
TO FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS.

ALTHOUGH THE MOST DENSE FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER 4 AM...PATCHES
OF DENSE FOG ARE POSSIBLE ANYTIME AFTER 1 AM. DURING THE LATE
EVENING WEDNESDAY VISIBILITIES HAD ALREADY DROPPED TO ONE QUARTER
MILE AT IMPERIAL. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE DENSE FOG WARNING
INCLUDE THE IMPERIAL AND EL CENTRO AREA...JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL
PARK...YUMA...THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER INCLUDING BLYTHE...AND
COMMUNITIES IN YUMA AND LA PAZ COUNTIES SUCH AS BOUSE AND TACNA.

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...FROM ONE QUARTER TO OVER ONE INCH...FELL IN
THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY...THUS THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE IS VERY
HUMID...AT OR NEAR 100 PERCENT IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF
LIGHT WIND AND CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF DENSE
FOG WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO MILES IN SPOTS.

MOTORISTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN DENSE FOG.

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BRECKENRIDGE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE