[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXSPSPSR.20030923

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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
515 AM MST TUE SEP 23 2003

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST 
CALIFORNIA BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY...

TROPICAL STORM MARTY WAS ENTERING THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA
EARLY TODAY...WITH THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION ABOUT 200 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF YUMA AT 5 AM MST. MARTY WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 
ABOUT 12 MILES PER HOUR...WITH THE FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TO 
DECREASE AS THE DAY WEARS ON. MARTY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 
DECREASE IN STRENGTH TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS BY LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON. 

MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM MARTY WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE 
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY TO MUCH OF 
SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS IF THE BEST CHANCE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN 
WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...IT STILL IS NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN 
WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR. THUS...YOU ARE URGED TO CLOSELY 
MONITOR THE WEATHER AND CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE 
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY DURING THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

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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