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WGUS75 KPSR 112112

FFSPSR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

200 PM MST THU AUG 11 2005



AZC013-112145-

MARICOPA AZ-

210 PM MST THU AUG 11 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM MST FOR NORTHERN

MARICOPA COUNTY...



AT 210 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO 

AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 

OCCURRING OVER THE CAVE CREEK COMPLEX BURN AREA...WHERE RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH HAS OCCURRED OVER A 

COUPLE OF BASINS DURING THE PAST HOUR. A RAIN GAUGE AT CAMP CREEK 

RECEIVED JUST OVER ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES...AND THREE 

QUARTERS INCH IN 30 MINUTES...BETWEEN 140 PM AND 210 PM....SO 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING. THIS IS A 

VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR WASHES AND STREAMS 

IN CAMP CREEK ...SEVEN SPRINGS...AND TONTO HILLS SHOULD BE PREPARED 

TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STORMS THAT PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE WICKENBURG AREA HAVE 

WEAKENED. HOWEVER...BETWEEN NOON AND 115 PM...NEARLY ONE AND ONE 

HALF INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN ALERT RAIN GAUGES AT CASSANDRA 

WASH AND FLYING E WASH...AND OVER AN INCH OF RAIN OCCURRED AT 

SEVERAL OTHER RAIN GAUGES IN THE WICKENBURG AREA. SEVERAL WASHES IN 

THE WICKENBURG AREA...INCLUDING SOLS WASH AND FLYING E WASH...WERE 

RUNNING...AND A NUMBER OF ROAD CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAMP 

CREEK...THE CAVE CREEK COMPLEX BURN AREA...WICKENBURG AND NEW RIVER.



LAT...LON 3382 11313 3377 11226 3382 11147 3398 11149

      3403 11229 3400 11311



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