Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Phoenix, AZ

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ARIZONA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
115 PM MST TUE AUG 27 1996

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

A FEW OF THE COUNTIES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY
INCLUDE GREENLEE...GRAHAM...PINAL... SOUTHERN GILA...PIMA...SANTA
CRUZ...AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF MARICOPA COUNTY.
THE REST OF MARICOPA COUNTY AS WELL AS LA PAZ AND YUMA COUNTIES MAY
SEE SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS EVENING.

A STRONG SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA
CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. DEWPOINT
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE HAD
CLIMBED INTO THE MID 60S AND LOWER 70S. THIS SURGE OF MOISTURE IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...LEADING TO A GREATER
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STEERING FLOW WILL BE
RELATIVELY LIGHT TODAY...BUT SHOULD BE FROM A FAVORABLE DIRECTION TO
MOVE STORMS OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN INTO LOWER DESERT LOCATIONS SUCH
AS TUCSON AND PHOENIX.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
JD