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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
130 PM MST THU JUL 11 2002

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA FROM 2 PM TODAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

COUNTIES IN THE RISK AREA INCLUDE...MARICOPA...NORTHWEST
PINAL...SOUTHERN GILA....CENTRAL AND EASTERN LA PAZ AND YUMA

THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISKS INCLUDE: THUNDERSTORMS WITH
STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS TO OVER 50 MPH ALONG WITH BLOWING DUST
LOWERING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE OVER THE LOWER
DESERT.

ADDITIONAL THREATS INCLUDE: CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA.

STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARD THE WEST AT 15 MPH. THE THREAT FOR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OVER THE LOWER DESERT WILL INCREASE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH THE THREAT GRADUALLY SHIFTING FROM
EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. THE PHOENIX
METROPOLITAN AREA IS INCLUDED IN THE OUTLOOK...BUT MAINLY AFTER 6 PM.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.