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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

1034 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2005



AZC013-030645-

MARICOPA AZ-

1034 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY...

   INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA WEST TO WICKENBURG...

   TONOPAH...AND THE SURROUNDING DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS...REMAINS IN 

   EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM...



AT 1030 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WERE 

STILL DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE GREATER PHOENIX 

AREA...AND OVER THE REMOTE DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS BETWEEN BUCKEYE AND 

TONOPAH NORTH TO WICKENBURG.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE 

MOVING WEST TOWARD THE LA PAZ AND YUMA COUNTY LINES IN WESTERN 

ARIZONA.



RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE LEAD TO NUMEROUS 

REPORTS OF FLOODING AND WATER RESCUES IN THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YOUNGTOWN...

WITTMANN...WADDELL...TONOPAH...SURPRISE...SUN CITY WEST...SUN CITY...

PHOENIX...PEORIA...MORRISTOWN...LUKE AFB...LITCHFIELD PARK...

GLENDALE...EL MIRAGE...CIRCLE CITY AND BEARDSLEY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3330 11307 3304 11254 3334 11222 3325 11199

      3386 11202 3395 11280



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