[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXNPWPSR.20031030

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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
1159 AM MST THU OCT 30 2003

AZZ024-CAZ030-032-033-310000-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...GLAMIS...
IMPERIAL...SALTON SEA...DESERT CENTER...GLOBE...MIAMI...
SAN CARLOS AND SUPERIOR...ALSO INCLUDING APACHE...BARTLETT...
CANYON...HORSESHOE...ROOSEVELT...AND SAGUARO LAKES
1159 AM MST (1059 AM PST) THU OCT 30 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...IMPERIAL COUNTY...
AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH
7 PM PST TONIGHT...

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 8 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

STRONG WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO OVER
40 MPH ARE FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
THESE WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINALLY FROM
ALASKA MOVING SOUTH NEAR THE WEST COAST. THUS...A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...EASTERN RIVERSIDE
COUNTY...AND IMPERIAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...AND THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 8 PM
MST...7 PM PST TONIGHT.

WINDS FROM THE WEST WERE GUSTING TO 43 MPH AT IMPERIAL LATE THIS
MORNING. MEANWHILE...WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WERE GUSTING TO 54 MPH
AT THE COVINGTON WEATHER STATION IN THE WEST PORTION OF JOSHUA TREE
NATIONAL PARK LATE THIS MORNING.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SAND
AND SMOKE FROM FIRES TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA TODAY AND
THIS EVENING. IF YOU DO DRIVE IN THESE AREAS...PLEASE BE ALERT FOR
SUDDEN GUSTS OF STRONG CROSS WIND IN ORDER TO STAY IN CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE. ALSO...BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING
SAND AND SMOKE.

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ELLIS



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE