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000 

WGUS75 KPSR 100306

FFSPSR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

805 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



AZC013-100320-

MARICOPA AZ-

805 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST-CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 800 PM MST...



AT 8 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES HAD DECREASED 

NOTICEABLY DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN OCCURRING. 

SO...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST-CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY WAS 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. HOWEVER...WASHES IN THE AREA WILL 

CONTINUE TO FLOW FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...AND SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



BUCKEYE SHERIFFS OFFICE AND TONOPAH FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSONS 

REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN AND NEAR BUCKEYE AND TONOPAH WERE 

FLOODED. IN THE BUCKEYE AREA...MILLER ROAD...WATSON ROAD...AND 

BASELINE ROAD HAVE BEEN CLOSED. IN THE TONOPAH AREA...WINTERSBURG 

ROAD...355TH AVENUE...AND SALOME HIGHWAY HAVE BEEN CLOSED. 



RADAR INDICATED THAT...BETWEEN 415 PM AND 615 PM...ABOUT 4.5 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL OVER A BASIN WHICH DRAINS INTO THE FOUR MILE WASH JUST 

SOUTHEAST OF TONOPAH. AN AUTOMATED RAINGAUGE IN FOUR MILE WASH 

REPORTED 

2.48 INCHES OF RAIN. IN THE BUCKEYE AREA...AN AUTOMATED RAINGAUGE 

MEASURED 1.89 INCHES OF RAIN...AND RADAR INDICATED THAT IN EXCESS OF 

2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF BUCKEYE.  



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



LAT...LON 3322 11326 3311 11264 3367 11243 3360 11314



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000 

WGUS75 KPSR 100309 CCA

FFSPSR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

805 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



AZC013-100320-

MARICOPA AZ-

805 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST-CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 800 PM MST...



AT 8 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES HAD DECREASED 

NOTICEABLY DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN OCCURRING. 

SO...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST-CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY WAS 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. HOWEVER...WASHES IN THE AREA WILL 

CONTINUE TO FLOW FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...AND SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



BUCKEYE SHERIFFS OFFICE AND TONOPAH FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSONS 

REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN AND NEAR BUCKEYE AND TONOPAH WERE 

FLOODED. IN THE BUCKEYE AREA...MILLER ROAD...WATSON ROAD...AND 

BASELINE ROAD HAVE BEEN CLOSED. IN THE TONOPAH AREA...WINTERSBURG 

ROAD...355TH AVENUE...AND SALOME HIGHWAY HAVE BEEN CLOSED. 



RADAR INDICATED THAT...BETWEEN 415 PM AND 615 PM...ABOUT 4.5 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL OVER A BASIN WHICH DRAINS INTO THE FOUR MILE WASH JUST 

SOUTHEAST OF TONOPAH. AN AUTOMATED RAINGAUGE IN FOUR MILE WASH 

REPORTED 2.48 INCHES OF RAIN. IN THE BUCKEYE AREA...AN AUTOMATED 

RAINGAUGE MEASURED 1.89 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR...AND RADAR 

INDICATED THAT IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF 

BUCKEYE.  



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



LAT...LON 3322 11326 3311 11264 3367 11243 3360 11314



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