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Boatcop
08-30-2006, 04:05 PM
Stay alert for bad weather this weekend.
From the US Weather Service:
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST DESERTS- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EHRENBERG...PARKER...BOUSE... QUARTZSITE...SALOME...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...SAN LUIS... SOMERTON...YUMA...FORTUNA FOOTHILLS...DATELAND...TACNA... WELLTON...GILA BEND...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE... FLORENCE...COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER... LOST HORSE-KEYS VIEW JTNP... BLYTHE...CHIRIACO SUMMIT... DESERT CENTER...EAGLE MTN...MIDLAND... BRAWLEY...CALEXICO... EL CENTRO... GLAMIS...IMPERIAL...AND THE SALTON SEA 327 PM PDT WED AUG 30 2006 /327 PM MST WED AUG 30 2006/
THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE MOIST THROUGH THIS LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER OR NOT THIS MAY LEAD TO ANY FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...MANY OF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS THIS LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AND... SOME OF YOU MAY BE IN THE VICINITY OF FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS CANYONS AND LOW SPOTS SUCH AS NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW SPOTS ON ROADWAYS.
THUS...IT WOULD BE WISE TO STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND PERIODICALLY CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS THROUGH THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
REMEMBER...DO NOT CAMP IN OR CLOSE TO NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND OTHER FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND COME A FLOODED ROAD...PLAY IT SAFE...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER WAY TO YOUR DESTINATION. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK...AND FLOWING WATER CAN BE STRONGER THAN YOU REALIZE.