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AZC013-021-220215-





BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ


637 PM MST MON AUG 21 2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...


  EAST CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA


  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MESA


  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA


  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION





* UNTIL 715 PM MST





* AT 632 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   


  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO 


  INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES HAS BEEN MEASURED IN THE WARNED AREA.





ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 


WARNED AREA.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL


CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES


AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.





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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR


IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...


DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...


EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER


GROUND.





LAT...LON 3337 11176 3338 11156 3350 11152 3351 11161


      3349 11173





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INIGUEZ








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