SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
445 PM PDT THU AUG 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 545 PM PDT

* AT 445 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AS WELL AS DIME SIZE HAIL. STRONGEST STORMS
WERE OCCURRING OVER INTERSTATE 10...BETWEEN 10 AND 25 MILES EAST
OF DESERT CENTER...AND OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF JOSHUA
TREE NATIONAL PARK. STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10 AS WELL
AS JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK AND OPEN COUNTRY BETWEEN THOSE SITES.

DENSE BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE SEVERE STORM. VISIBILITIES
MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...MAKING FOR VERY DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE SURE TO SLOW DOWN IF DENSE BLOWING DUST IS
ENCOUNTERED AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE CAR AHEAD OF
YOU. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY...SO WASHES IN THE AREA
WILL BE RUNNING.

LAT...LON 3347 11495 3366 11480 3405 11533 3401 11579
3370 11538

$$

DG


[SVRPSR / WUUS55 KPSR 1092354782]

EDIS-08-12-04 1653 PDT