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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

227 AM MST WED AUG 3 2005



AZC012-031000-

LA PAZ AZ-

227 AM MST WED AUG 3 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM MST FOR LA PAZ

COUNTY...



AT 215 AM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AREAS OF 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA.  RIVERSIDE DRIVE NORTH OF PARKER 

WAS EXPERIENCING SOME STREET FLOODING...AND US 60 IN AND AROUND THE 

COMMUNITY OF SALOME WAS FLOODED IN LOW AREAS AND DIPS ALONG THE 

HIGHWAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA...HOWEVER 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 

2 HOURS.  NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND WASHES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN...AND 

LOCALIZED STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 

3 AM.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARKER DAM...

PARKER...SALOME...POSTON...AND BOUSE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3348 11453 3340 11336 3423 11336 3430 11417 3392 11451



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