PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 24 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARTY
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
2 PM MST WED SEP 24 2003
...REMNANTS OF MARTY MOVING INTO THE LAND OF SAGUARO...
CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS... URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.
AT 2 PM MST...21Z...THE SURFACE LOW OF MARTY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...113.3 WEST...120 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF YUMA ARIZONA.
MARTY IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 5 MPH AND THE REMNANTS OF
THE SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS TRACK FOR THE
ENSUING 12 HOUR PERIOD.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH NEAR THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.74
INCHES...1007 MB.
SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES
VALID 12Z (5 AM MST)
LOCATION STORM TOTAL
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ORGAN PIPE CACTUS AZ 2.69
AJO AZ 1.36
GREEN VALLEY AZ 1.32
SELLS AZ 1.30
SIERRA VISTA AZ 0.69
BISBEE AZ 0.66
FORT HUACHUCA AZ 0.54
TUCSON AZ 0.51
DOUGLAS INTL AIRPORT AZ 0.40
TOMBSTONE AZ 0.37
TACNA AZ 0.25
GILA BEND AZ 0.21
REFLECTIVITY PATTERNS FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER...COCHISE...MARICOPA...PIMA...
YUMA COUNTIES. THE DATA ALSO INDICATE MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION NEAR...BRAWLEY...SANTA ROSA...AND SANTA CRUZ
WASHES.
ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN STILL BE
EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
REPEATING THE 2 PM MST...21Z...THE SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...113.3 WEST...MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 5 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25
MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.74 INCHES OR 1007 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER ON MARTY WILL BE ISSUED AT 8 PM MST.
SZATANEK
...UPDATED FOR ORGAN PIPE CACTUS RAINFALL...