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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

1155 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 500 AM MST



* AT 1145 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 INCREASED SEVERAL INCHES FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE 

WATER IN HAVASU CREEK IS NOW RUNNING OVER THE LAST REMAINING BRIDGE 

IN SUPAI.



EARLIER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THAT TWO FOOT BRIDGES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE REMAINING BRIDGE HAD BEEN 

DESTROYED BY HIGH WATER. THE WATER AT THE REMAINING BRIDGE SITE IS 

ROUGHLY 12 FEET DEEP...WHICH IS AT LEAST 8 FEET HIGHER THAN NORMAL.



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

WATER RISES TONIGHT AS HIGH FLOW CONTINUES. 



ASIDE FROM ANY LOG JAMS...AS LONG AS THE WATER RUNS FREELY...LEVELS 

WILL SLOWLY DECREASE LATER TONIGHT 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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