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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

1040 AM MST SAT FEB 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA

  SOUTHEASTERN COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  SOUTHERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PAYSON...FOREST LAKES...AND WINSLOW



* UNTIL 400 PM MST



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  COMMUNITIES ALONG THE TONTO RIVER BASIN...CHEVELON CREEK BASIN...

  CORDUROY...CARRIZO...CIBECUE CREEK...AND CHRISTOPHER CREEK BASINS



AT 1030 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.  

RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE MORNING AND THEN BECOME SHOWERY 

THIS AFTERNOON. STREAMS IN THE AREA HAVE ALREADY SHOWN RISES OF 

SEVERAL FEET WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN YET TO OCCUR. STREAMS AND RIVERS 

IN NORTHERN GILA AND SOUTHERN COCONINO AND NAVAJO COUNTIES WILL 

CONTINUE TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL ALSO START FLOWING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND

MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY RECENTLY

BURNED AREAS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN PAYSON HAVE REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG THE TONTO RIVER BASIN AND CHRISTOPHER CREEK AND CLOSURES ALONG 

HIGHWAY 188.



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



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

FLAGSTAFF.







LAT...LON 3409 11142 3373 11087 3389 11056 3377 11002

      3396 11004 3396 11039 3432 11012 3433 10989

      3473 10989 3495 11003 3546 11115 3496 11125

      3477 11151 3444 11149 3420 11164 3421 11149



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