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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

1120 PM MST FRI FEB 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS WARNING IS FOR OAK CREEK FROM SEDONA TO THE VERDE RIVER



* UNTIL 415 AM MST



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

  SPRINGS AND CORNVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS CAUSING OAK CREEK TO RISE TO FLOOD STAGE JUST 

DOWNSTREAM FROM SEDONA...AND ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CORNVILLE AREA. 

SECONDARY WASHES AND CREEKS NEAR OAK CREEK WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE 

ELEVATED FLOW.



WATER LEVELS AT CORNVILLE ON OAK CREEK WERE AT 7.3 FEET AT 11 PM 

MST. BANK FULL IS 8 FEET...AND FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. WATER LEVELS 

WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE AT CORNVILLE BY 12 AM MST.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

FLAGSTAFF.



LAT...LON 3469 11198 3463 11192 3475 11181 3480 11176

      3489 11174 3488 11182 3483 11191



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