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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ

March 6, 2011

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2011, 10:45 AM PST. It took effect at Mar 6, 2011, 7:09 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2011, 10:45 AM PST (18:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2011, 7:09 PM PST
Expired
Mar 7, 2011, 7:00 PM PST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

602 
WWUS75 KPSR 061845
NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1145 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011


CAZ033-071000-
/O.NEW.KPSR.WI.Y.0008.110307T0000Z-110307T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.110307T1600Z-110308T0300Z/
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO
1045 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PST
MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM
PST MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 8 AM TO
7 PM PST MONDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE IMPERIAL VALLEY...INCLUDING EL CENTRO AND IMPERIAL.

* TIMING: LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN MONDAY.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. VISIBILITY IN SOME
  LOCATIONS MAY DROP BELOW 1/2 MILE. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY
  BECOME AIRBORNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND
58 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER
A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ030>032-071000-
/O.NEW.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.110307T1600Z-110308T0300Z/
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER...BLYTHE...
CHIRIACO SUMMIT...DESERT CENTER
1045 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA DESERTS AND THE LOWER COLORADO
  RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...CHIRIACO
  SUMMIT AND BLYTHE.

* TIMING: FROM MONDAY MORNING...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. VISIBILITY IN SOME
  LOCATIONS MAY DROP BELOW 1/2 MILE. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY
  BECOME AIRBORNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND
58 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER
A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX

MEYERS
4 follow-up statements
179 
WWUS75 KPSR 070309
NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
809 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

CAZ033-071300-
/O.CAN.KPSR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110307T1000Z/
/O.EXT.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.110307T0309Z-110308T0300Z/
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO
709 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE IMPERIAL VALLEY...INCLUDING EL CENTRO...
  BRAWLEY...OCOTILLO...AND INTERSTATE EIGHT WEST OF EL CENTRO.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT...WITH A
  SLIGHT DECREASE EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE INCREASING ONCE AGAIN
  LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO MONDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50
  MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE COASTAL
  MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE JACUMBA AND FISH CREEK MOUNTAINS. 

* IMPACTS: BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. VISIBILITY IN SOME
  LOCATIONS MAY DROP BELOW 1/2 MILE. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY
  BECOME AIRBORNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND
58 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER
A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ030>032-071300-
/O.CON.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.110307T1600Z-110308T0300Z/
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER...BLYTHE...
CHIRIACO SUMMIT...DESERT CENTER
709 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PST
MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA DESERTS AND THE LOWER 
  COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK... 
  CHIRIACO SUMMIT AND BLYTHE. 

* TIMING: FROM MONDAY MORNING...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING
  HOURS.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
  45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. VISIBILITY IN
  SOME LOCATIONS MAY DROP BELOW 1/2 MILE. DRIVING MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND
58 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER
A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
769 
WWUS75 KPSR 071055
NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
355 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

AZZ020-080000-
/O.EXA.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.110307T1600Z-110308T0300Z/
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EHRENBERG...PARKER
355 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING THE
  CITIES AND TOWNS OF PARKER...EHRENBERG...AND THE LENGTH OF THE
  PARKER VALLEY.

* TIMING: FROM MONDAY MORNING TO MONDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 
  45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: BOATERS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG WINDS. DRIVING
  MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY UNDER 1/2 MILE IS
  POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER
A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ033-080000-
/O.CON.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110308T0300Z/
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO
255 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE IMPERIAL VALLEY...INCLUDING EL CENTRO...
  BRAWLEY...OCOTILLO...THE SALTON SEA...AND INTERSTATE EIGHT WEST OF
  EL CENTRO.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH
  CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF
  THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE JACUMBA AND FISH CREEK
  MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. BOATERS ON THE SALTON SEA ARE ALSO VULNERABLE TO STRONG
  WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY UNDER 1/2 MILE
  ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER
A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ030>032-080000-
/O.CON.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.110307T1600Z-110308T0300Z/
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER...BLYTHE...
CHIRIACO SUMMIT...DESERT CENTER
255 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA DESERTS AND THE LOWER COLORADO
  RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...CHIRIACO
  SUMMIT...BLYTHE...DESERT CENTER...AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10.

* TIMING: FROM MONDAY MORNING TO MONDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. BOATERS ON THE COLORADO RIVER ARE ALSO VULNERABLE TO
  STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY UNDER
  1/2 MILE IS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER
A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
295 
WWUS75 KPSR 072112
NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
212 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

AZZ020-CAZ030>033-080300-
/O.CON.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110308T0300Z/
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EHRENBERG...PARKER...
COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER...BLYTHE...CHIRIACO SUMMIT...
DESERT CENTER...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO
212 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011 /112 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING THE
  CITIES AND TOWNS OF PARKER...EHRENBERG...AND CIBOLA. THE IMPERIAL
  VALLEY...INCLUDING EL CENTRO...THE SALTON SEA...AND INTERSTATE
  EIGHT. JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...INCLUDING DESERT CENTER AND
  PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10.

* TIMING: THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THIS EVENING. STRONG
  WINDS...GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN THE EL CENTRO AREA
  DURING THE NOON HOUR. WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WERE REPORTED IN JOSHUA
  TREE NATIONAL PARK AT 12 NOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 
  45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: BOATERS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG WINDS. DRIVING
  MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND HAVE BEEN REPORTED. LOW VISIBILITY
  UNDER 1/2 MILE IS STILL POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER
A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
085 
WWUS75 KPSR 080255
NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
755 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

AZZ020-CAZ030>033-080400-
/O.EXP.KPSR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110308T0300Z/
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EHRENBERG...PARKER...
COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER...BLYTHE...CHIRIACO SUMMIT...
DESERT CENTER...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO
755 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011 /655 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL
PARK...EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...IMPERIAL COUNTY...AND PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY AT
TIMES...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. 

$$

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX

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