[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXSVSPSR.20030904

[ldad administrator]

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

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
430 PM MST THU SEP 4 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST IMPERIAL COUNTY IN
SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM MST...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED AT 420 PM OVER FAR SOUTHWEST IMPERIAL
COUNTY...SOUTH OF A LINE BETWEEN IMPERIAL AND PLASTER CITY. THE
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT
CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...SEELEY...PLASTER CITY AND INTERSTATE 8.

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL GENERATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO OVER 60 MPH
WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE
IMPERIAL VALLEY...BETWEEN 430 AND AT LEAST 500 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL
LOWER TO BELOW MILE IN MANY LOCATIONS...AND POSSIBLY DOWN BELOW ONE
QUARTER MILE. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE ON INTERSTATE 8 BETWEEN
PLASTER CITY AND THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 111...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SAND.

IN ADDITION TO THE WIND AND BLOWING DUST...HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS...AND COULD LEAD TO LOCAL FLOODING OF WASHES AND
ROADWAYS...AND OTHER LOW AREAS. RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND
ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL SINCE 330 PM IN THE AREA SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 8...AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNING AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER CROSS FLOODED WASHES OR
ROADWAYS.

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CJB



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE