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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

400 PM MST SAT FEB 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA

  SOUTHEASTERN COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZON

  SOUTHERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

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

  AND COVERS AREAS SOUTH OF THE LITTLE COLORODO RIVER



* UNTIL 800 PM MST



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

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

  CREEK...CARRIZO CREEK...CIBECUE CREEK...AND CHRISTOPHER CREEK



AT 400 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING IN THE WARNING AREA. ALTHOUGH

WIDESPREAD HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED...HEAVY SHOWERS THIS

AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE SOME STREAMS WHICH ARE ALREADY

RUNNIN HIGH TO RETURN TO VERY HIGH LEVELS. RAINFALL WILL TAPER

OFF TONIGHT AND ALLOW STREAM LEVELS TO SUBSIDE.



NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 3547 11118 3436 11157 3397 11134 3387 11036

      3493 10998



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