SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1041 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 1145 PM MST MON DEC 07 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
UNTIL 1145 PM MST
AT 1038 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ROCK SPRINGS TO 13 MILES WEST OF COTTON CENTER...OR JUST APPROACHING
THE WEST VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAIL UP TO A QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE WEST VALLEY...INCLUDING GLENDALE...GOODYEAR...PEORIA...
CENTRAL AND NORTH PHOENIX...
NORTH SCOTTSDALE...
LAT...LON 3401 11167 3322 11219 3302 11303 3394 11242
3391 11229 3393 11225 3396 11225 3405 11215
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 254DEG 42KT 3409 11222 3313 11286
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 430 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 400 AM MST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL
ARIZONA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG WET PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO THE REGION WITH
SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. PRELIMINARY RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 1/2
INCH IN SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY TO 1 TO 2 INCHES NORTH AND EAST OF
PHOENIX. FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND CREEKS IS POSSIBLE.
CLEARING IS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE TODAY AND/OR TONIGHT.
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