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  • Special Weather Statement for Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista, Benson County, Arizona
  • Special Weather Statement issued May 10 at 9:06PM MST by NWS
  • Effective: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 9:06 p.m.
  • Expires: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:30 p.m.
  • ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
    SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
    WESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
    NORTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
    UNTIL 1030 PM MST
    AT 900 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
    LOCALIZED AREAS OF VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE PHOENIX AREA INCLUDING
    CENTRAL PHOENIX. THESE WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER MAINLY
    CENTRAL...WESTERN...AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PHOENIX AREA
    SPREADING OUT TO BUCKEYE AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE GILA RIVER
    INDIAN COMMUNITY.
    WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING DUST WILL ACCOMPANY
    THE STRONGER GUSTS.
    SOME UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME
    SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SUDDENLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.
    IF YOU ENCOUNTER BLOWING DUST WHILE DRIVING...PULL OVER AS FAR OFF
    THE ROADWAY AS POSSIBLE AND PARK. TURN OFF YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND KEEP
    YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.