[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXFFAPSR.20030908

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

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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
443 PM MST MON SEP 8 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA FOR
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA FOR TUESDAY. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL
OF MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY...AND
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY.

CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA
...WICKENBURG...AND GILA BEND IN MARICOPA COUNTY...CASA GRANDE...
FLORENCE...SUPERIOR...COOLIDGE AND APACHE JUNCTION IN PINAL COUNTY...
AND GLOBE...MIAMI...ROOSEVELT...AND THE SALT RIVER RECREATIONAL AREA
IN SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST
FOOTHILLS.

INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL
COMBINE WITH LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS FROM THE PACIFIC LATE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. THEREFORE...THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME HEAVY
RAIN LIKELY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA TUESDAY. SOME LOCATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RECEIVE RAIN HEAVY ENOUGH FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH
FLOODING TUESDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL WASHES...CREEKS AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. STAY ALERT TO
THE WEATHER...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING OCCUR. IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING...DO NOT WAIT FOR A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING TO BE ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PHOENIX

OR WEATHER RADIO ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND.

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