[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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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
600 AM MST (500 AM PST) THU NOV 13 2003

AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-131600-
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
600 AM MST (500 PM PST) THU NOV 13 2003

...DENSE FOG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA DESERTS AND 
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA UNTIL 12 NOON MST (11 AM PST)...

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 UNTIL 12 
NOON MST (11 AM PST). 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.

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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