Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ

STORM REPORT...DELAYED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1030 AM MST SUN MAR 8 1992

                      MST     PATH   # PERSONS  EST. DAMAGE  CHARACTER
PLACE          DATE   TIME    L   W  KILL. INJ. PROP. CROPS  OF STORM

DATELAND AZ    3/7    1300-1330                              3/4 IN DIA
              REPORTED FROM WHITEWING RANCH                  HAIL

LOST DUTCHMAN  3/7    1400                                   1 IN DIA
STATE PARK                                                   HAIL

PHOENIX AZ     3/7    1535                                   61 MPH WNDS
              REPORTED BY T.V. STATION KTSP CHNL 10...ALSO NEWS REPORT
              SHOWED LARGE PINE TREE BLOWN OVR DURG ABV STORM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
1050 AM MST SUN MAR 8 1992

...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 55
   HUNDRED FEET THROUGH TODAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 55 HUNDRED FEET THROUGH TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING.

AS OF 1030 AM MST THIS MORNING...PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WERE
BEING REPORTED IN THE GRAND CANYON...MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAIN
AREAS. MAINLY LIGHT SNOWFALL WAS OCCCURRING DOWN TO AROUND 5 THOUSAND
FEET AT OTHER LOCALITIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA.

FLAGSTAFF RECEIVED 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS
MORNING...WHILE PINETOP AND MCNARY HAD 6 INCHES. PAYSON CHECKED IN
WITH 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW.
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THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY WEATHER WAS
CENTERED OVER WESTCENTRAL ARIZONA THIS MORNING...AND WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST. ITS PRESENCE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS IN ARIZONA TODAY WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH AND
FAR WEST PORTIONS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 5 THOUSAND FEET.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL
...ALONG WITH FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
TO NEAR 35 MPH. DESERT THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES.

GRADUALLY IMPROVING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE SLATED FOR MUCH OF ARIZONA
LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE ON THE
UNSETTLED SIDE WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
MAINLY MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
COOL.

TO REPEAT...A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IF EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 55 HUNDRED FEET THROUGH TODAY.

THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO ARIZONAS NORTHERN HIGH COUNTRY TODAY ARE
URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE HAZARDS OF WINTER DRIVING...AMONG WHICH
INCLUDE SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES
IN FOG AND PRECIPITATION.

FRANJEVIC
MWF 03/08/1754Z