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

[ldad administrator]

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

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

AZZ020>022-025>027-CAZ030>033-131600-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-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...
GILA BEND...LAKE PLEASANT...MORRISTOWN...NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...
WICKENBURG...SAN LUIS...SOMERTON...YUMA
623 AM MST (523 AM PST) THU NOV 13 2003

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

A DENSE FOG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL
PARK...IMPERIAL COUNTY...AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...AS WELL AS YUMA AND LA PAZ COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN
ARIZONA...AND WESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...
UNTIL 12 NOON MST (11 AM PST). AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES
ANTICIPATED TO FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN SOME PLACES.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE DENSE FOG WARNING INCLUDE IMPERIAL...
EL CENTRO...JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...YUMA...BLYTHE...BOUSE...
TACNA...WICKENBURG...TONOPAH...AND GILA BEND.

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.
$$

LW



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