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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Phoenix, AZ

April 1, 2014

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2014, 2:17 PM PDT. It took effect at Apr 1, 2014, 7:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2014, 2:17 PM PDT (21:17 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2014, 7:00 PM PDT
Expired: Apr 1, 2014, 10:13 PM PDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

The text

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

453 
WWUS75 KPSR 012117
NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
217 PM MST TUE APR 1 2014

.ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

CAZ033-020700-
/O.NEW.KPSR.WI.Y.0004.140402T0200Z-140402T0700Z/
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO
217 PM PDT TUE APR 1 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
PDT TONIGHT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...THE IMPERIAL VALLEY INCLUDING EL CENTRO...THE SOUTH
  SHORES OF THE SALTON SEA...AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH
  IMPERIAL COUNTY.

* TIMING...EARLY EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD IMPACT TRAVEL
  OVER THE REGION...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADWAYS.
  ALSO...LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND
  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
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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement

830 
WWUS75 KPSR 020513
NPWPSR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1013 PM MST TUE APR 1 2014


CAZ033-020615-
/O.CAN.KPSR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140402T0700Z/
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO
1013 PM PDT TUE APR 1 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE WEAKENED THIS EVENING AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH
ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER...LOCALLY BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
LINGER OVER IMPERIAL COUNTY OVERNIGHT.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 12:08 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PSR		5 hr

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Sources

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