Active Watches and Warnings
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
303 AM MST SAT FEB 2 2008
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NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE PLEASANT...MORRISTOWN...
NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...BUCKEYE...WICKENBURG...CAREFREE...
CAVE CREEK...CHANDLER...FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...
MESA...PEORIA...PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE...GLOBE...
MIAMI...SAN CARLOS...SUPERIOR...ALSO INCLUDING APACHE...
BARTLETT...CANYON...HORSESHOE...ROOSEVELT...AND SAGUARO LAKES...
GILA BEND...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...FLORENCE
303 AM MST SAT FEB 2 2008
...A COLD WET STORM EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA LATE SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY...
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. RELATIVELY HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE ALONG THE
FRONTAL ZONE WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF PRECIPITATION...
WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT BETWEEN A ONE THIRD AND TWO THIRDS OF AN
INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH AN INCH OF RAIN OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH AND EAST
OF PHOENIX. SOIL MOISTURE IN SOME OF THE FLOOD PRONE WASHES IS STILL
HIGH FROM LAST SUNDAYS RAIN EVENT...SO HEAVY RUNOFF IS POSSIBLE IN
AREA CREEKS AND WASHES.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE RELATIVELY HIGH SUNDAY EVENING...NEAR 6 THOUSAND
FEET...FALLING TO 4000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. A FEW INCHES OF
MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 4000 FEET EAST OF PHOENIX LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUNDAY AND MONDAY SHOULD LISTEN
TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES IN THE EVENT WEATHER WATCHES...
WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES ARE NEEDED. FORECASTS CAN BE OBTAINED
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR ON-LINE AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX.
Yeah... so very ridiculous.
GingaVitis
