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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

532 PM MST WED SEP 7 2005



AZC007-080115-

GILA AZ-

532 PM MST WED SEP 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL

GILA COUNTY...



AT 529 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WERE SITUATED OVER THE EXTREME 

SOUTHERN PARTS OF GILA COUNTY WELL TO THE SOUTH OF GLOBE.



OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WAS STATE ROUTE 77 SOUTH OF GLOBE WHICH HAS 

RECEIVED WELL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS 

AMOUNT OF WATER WAS LIKELY CAUSING WASHES IN THE AREA TO RUN...AND 

HAS INCREASED THE POTENTIAL FOR ROCK-SLIDES IN THE AREA. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG STATE ROUTE 77.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 



LAT...LON 3315 11092 3311 11071 3329 11064 3332 11090



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