[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXSPSPSR.20031006

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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
503 AM MST MON OCT 6 2003

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL 
ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...TONIGHT INTO 
TUESDAY...

HURRICANE NORA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 320 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN 
TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING AND MOVING TOWARD THE 
NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE SHED OFF OF NORA AND IS 
BEING PULLED NORTHWARD BY A LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVING SOUTH OFF THE 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. AS THIS MOISTURE BEGINS TO SPREAD INTO 
SOUTHERN ARIZONA TODAY IT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA THIS 
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL BECOME LIKELY IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL 
ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY 
WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALLS MAY RANGE 
FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA TO ONE HALF 
TO THREE QUARTER INCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...WITH LOCALIZED 
AREAS OVER ONE INCH POSSIBLE.    

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OFF THE NORTHERN BAJA 
COAST WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY 
AND THURSDAY. THEN...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 
NORTH TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WHICH WILL BRING AN 
INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FRIDAY.

YOU ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND CHECK THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE 
NECESSARY TONIGHT OR TUESDAY. THE MOST VULNERABLE AREA IS 
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...ESPECIALLY THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX
INCLUDING SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY.

WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PHOENIX

OR WEATHER RADIO ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND.

DKS




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