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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

500 PM MST SAT SEP 3 2005



AZC013-040045-

MARICOPA AZ-

500 PM MST SAT SEP 3 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN 

MARICOPA COUNTY INCLUDING THE SEVEN SPRINGS RECREATIONAL AREA AND 

CAMP CREEK AREA...



AT 434 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

AND SOUTH OF THE CAVE CREEK COMPLEX BURN AREA. 



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER COOKS MESA IN THE TONTO NATIONAL 

FOREST NORTH OF THE SEVEN SPRINGS RECREATIONAL AREA. RAIN GAUGES 

THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO 

INCHES IN AN HOUR. WASHES IN THE AFFECTED AREA INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT 

LIMITED TO THE CAVE CREEK WASH...AND THE SEVEN SPRINGS WASH.



SINCE 400 PM...ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN AT 

CAMP CREEK...ONE INCH AT SEVEN SPRINGS WASH...AND 1.50 INCHES 

AT HUMBOLDT MOUNTAIN AND LIME CREEK.



CURRENTLY...A FLOW OF 2000 CFS IS REPORTED AT THE SEVEN SPRINGS WASH 

WITH A STAGE OF 8.8 FEET. CRITICALLY IMPACTED AREAS INCLUDE 

CAMPGROUND CROSSINGS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG THE SEVEN SPRINGS 

WASH. LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG THE SEVEN SPRINGS ROAD WILL BE 

IMPASSABLE BASED ON THE FLOW IN THE WASH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN THE NEXT HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA WITH RUNOFF AFFECTING LOCATIONS TO THE 

SOUTH AND EAST NEAR HORSESHOE LAKE AND BARTLETT LAKE ROADS.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3387 11207 3388 11172 3410 11173 3409 11208



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