Ehrenberg, AZ Hazardous Weather Outlook

Ehrenberg, Arizona

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 415 PM MST FRI JUL 25 2008
Expiration: 500 AM MST SAT JUL 26 2008

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE THIS
WEEKEND...

THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DOLLY CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
MEXICO THIS MORNING...BRINGING WITH IT ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND
CLOUDINESS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS MOISTURE WAS MOVING OVER FAR
WEST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...AND FAR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THIS
WILL LIKELY BRING AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

AT THIS TIME...COMPUTER MODELS SHOW SOME DISAGREEMENT WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...IN ADDITION TO THE TRACK OF THE DEEPER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH FORMER HURRICANE DOLLY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE-THIRD INCH UP
TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF PHOENIX. THE
AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN EAST OF PHOENIX.

IF HEAVY RAINS FALL IN YOUR AREA STAY ALERT FOR RISING
WATER...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND FLOOD PRONE URBAN
AREAS. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND WHEN NEAR RISING WATER AND REMEMBER
TO NEVER DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD SEEK
ALTERNATE ROUTES OF TRAVEL.

STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE LATEST FORECASTS BY LISTENING TO WEATHER RADIO
ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX