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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

1140 AM MST SAT FEB 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

  SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHOW LOW AND SPRINGERVILLE



* UNTIL 530 PM MST



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

  WHITERIVER...VERNON...THREE FORKS...ST. JOHNS...SNOWFLAKE...

  PINETOP-LAKESIDE...LYMAN LAKE STATE PARK...LINDEN...GREER...

  FORT APACHE...EAGAR...CONCHO...CARRIZO AND ALPINE.



AT 1130 AM MST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT RAINBOW

LAKE IN LAKESIDE HAS RISEN OVER THE SPILLWAY AND WATER LEVELS ARE

APPROACHING HOMES. ADDITIONALLY...NORMALLY DRY WASHES IN THE AREA

ARE ALREADY FLOODING ROADS. MEANWHILE...HEAVIER RAINS ARE APPROACHING

THE AREA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME

SHOWERY AND TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT. 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 IF

THEY ARE NOT ALREADY. 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.



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 3383 11035 3364 11003 3359 10973 3383 10936

      3382 10908 3461 10909 3483 11001



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