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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

755 PM MST WED JAN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1200 AM MST



* AT 755 PM MST...RIVER GAGE DATA IN THE SUPAI AREA INDICATED THAT

  THE WATER LEVELS IN CATARACT/HAVASU CREEK WERE STILL HIGH...AND

  CAUSING FLOODING.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE SUPAI AREA REPORT THAT THE WATER 

LEVEL HAS ONLY RECEDED A FEW INCHES SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE 

WATER IN HAVASU CREEK IS STILL THREATENING THE REMAINING BRIDGES IN 

THE AREA...BUT HAS NOT YET THREATENED ANY HOUSING STRUCTURES.



EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT TWO 

FOOT BRIDGES HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY HIGH WATER.



THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LOG AND STICK JAMS CAUSING RAPID WATER 

RISES TONIGHT AS HIGH FLOW CONTINUES. HOWEVER...AS LONG AS THE WATER 

FLOW CONTINUES RUN FREE...LEVELS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH THE 

NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL...AND THE UPSTREAM SUPPLY DECREASES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

FLAGSTAFF.



LAT...LON 3612 11257 3632 11266 3626 11280 3610 11274



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