[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXFFAPSR.20030909

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

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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...COR TO 4TH PARAGRAPH...
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
452 AM MST TUE SEP 9 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL 8 PM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA TODAY. 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...GILA BEND...CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE...SUPERIOR...
COOLIDGE...APACHE JUNCTION...GLOBE MIAMI...ROOSEVELT...AND THE
SALT RIVER RECREATIONAL AREA.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING ARIZONA...COMBINED WITH INCREASING
MONSOON MOISTURE...WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDER
STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN.

ALREADY THIS MORNING...BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS 
WERE POSTED FOR THE RUGGED TERRAIN AROUND LAKE ROOSEVELT WHERE AN 
ESTIMATED 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY
WASHES AND STREAM BEDS.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
UPDATES TODAY...IN THE EVENT ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...
OR ADVISORIES ARE NEEDED.

STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
FLOODING OCCURS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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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