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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

608 PM MST TUE JUL 26 2005



AZC013-270200-

MARICOPA AZ-

608 PM MST TUE JUL 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR NORTH CENTRAL

MARICOPA COUNTY...



AT 600 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN 

MARICOPA COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH 

SCOTTSDALE...FOUNTAIN HILLS...NORTH PHOENIX...SEVEN SPRINGS...CAMP 

CREEK...NEW RIVER...MORRISTOWN...CIRCLE CITY...CAVE CREEK AND 

CAREFREE. 



WEATHER RADAR INDICATES LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 1.75 

INCHES BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM NEAR CAMP CREEK...NORTH SCOTTSDALE... 

SUN CITY WEST...AND CIRCLE CITY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS 

AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES. HOMES THAT ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF 

OVERFLOWING WASHES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR HIGHER GROUND. IN HILLY 

TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3416 11182 3391 11280 3372 11276 3382 11209

      3355 11171 3361 11152 3388 11160



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