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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

617 PM MST SUN JUL 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

  CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEAMS CANYON



* UNTIL 900 PM MST



* AT 615 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM KYKOTSMOVI

  VILLAGE SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF HOLBROOK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  INDIAN WELLS...PETRIFIED FOREST N.P. HEADQUARTERS...PETRIFIED FOREST

  NATIONAL...CEDAR SPRINGS...SEBA DALKAI...DILKON...CASTLE BUTTE...

  HOLBROOK AND JOSEPH CITY



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



WASHES AND STREAMS THAT ARE MOST EFFECTED AND ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING 

FLASH FLOODING BY THE HEAVY RAIN ARE...



LITHODENDRON WASH...SABITO AND LEROUX WASHES...PUEBLO COLORADO WASH...

STEAMBOAT WASH...POLACCA WASH...WEPO WASH...AND THE ORAIBI WASH.



LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS WERE EITHER FLOODED OR

WASHOUT IN THE STEAMBOAT CANYON..SUNRISE SPRINGS...GREASEWOOD...WHITE CONE 

...KEAMS CANYON. OTHER ROADS EFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN AND THAT MAYBE 

EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ARE AS FOLLOWS...INDIAN ROUTE 15 BETWEEN 

CORNFIELDS TO DILKON...STATE ROUTE 87 FROM MILE POST 350 TO MILE POST 405...

INTERSTATE 40 FROM MILE POST 285 AT HOLBROOK TO MILE POST 330 INCLUDING 

PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK HEADQUARTERS...AND STATE ROUTE 77 FROM INDIAN 

WELLS TO MILE POST 400.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...

COUNTRY ROADS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3489 11017 3502 10942 3529 10950 3652 11002

      3636 11064 3553 11075 3504 11062



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