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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

509 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



AZC013-021-100030-

MARICOPA AZ-PINAL AZ-

509 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR NORTH CENTRAL

PINAL AND EAST CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTIES...



AT 500 PM MST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED 

OVER THE WARNING AREA. MANY WEATHER SPOTTERS AND RAIN GAGES 

INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE INCH SINCE 4 PM...AND A RAIN 

GAGE AT BROADWAY AND LINDSEY REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES OVER THE PAST 90 

MINUTES. ALSO SEVERAL HOMES WERE FLOODED ALONG LINDSEY ROAD.



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

PARADISE VALLEY...CHANDLER AND APACHE JUNCTION.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3320 11200 3319 11149 3357 11150 3359 11207



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