Ajo, AZ Hazardous Weather Outlook

Ajo, Arizona

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 955 AM MST SAT JUL 4 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST SUN JUL 05 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON WITH SOME CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE BEST
OVERALL COVERAGE SHOULD BE ACROSS GREENLEE...GRAHAM...COCHISE AND
SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES.  THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF RAIN FALLS IN
AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY AMOUNTS FRIDAY. SOME LOCATIONS COULD ONCE
AGAIN RECEIVE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR TWO.

THE RISK OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IS LOW BUT ISOLATED STRONG
DOWNBURST WINDS APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS COULD OCCUR.  AND REMEMBER
MOST THUNDERSTORMS...REGARDLESS OF INTENSITY...PRODUCE DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MORE CONFINED TO AREAS
SOUTH AND EAST OF TUCSON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS DRYING TRIES TO BUILD
IN FROM THE NORTH AND WEST. THE MAIN THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.  MOISTURE AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SHOULD
INCREASE AGAIN AS THE WORK WEEK PROGRESSES...ALTHOUGH VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES ALOFT COULD LIMIT OVERALL COVERAGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.