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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

840 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005



AZC007-013-021-240430-

MARICOPA AZ-PINAL AZ-GILA AZ-

840 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL

GILA...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA

COUNTIES...



AT 838 PM MST...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL IN AN AREA FROM THE 

APACHE TRAIL TO ROOSEVELT LAKE...NORTHWARD TO NEAR SEVEN SPRINGS AND 

JAKES CORNER. 



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

CREEK. 



A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE TOWN OF ROOSEVELT REPORTED NEARLY 

AN INCH OF RAIN IN TWENTY MINUTES BETWEEN 730 AND 750 PM. RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATE THAT A FEW LOCATIONS OVER OPEN 

COUNTRY HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE HOUR 

BETWEEN 745 PM AND 845 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES ALSO SHOW AN AREA OF UP 

TO 1.5 INCHES DURING THAT SAME TIME IN SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE 

CAVE CREEK FIRE BURN AREA. LIKEWISE FOR LOCATIONS WITHIN THE ONGOING 

EDGE FIRE BURN AREA NEAR THE TONTO BASIN.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY 

DRY WASHES AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY BURNED BY THE CAVE 

CREEK FIRE AND EDGE FIRE ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH 

FLOODING. 



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PHOENIX.





LAT...LON 3343 11168 3341 11138 3367 11110 3400 11115

      3399 11160 3404 11189 3365 11170



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