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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

217 PM MST THU AUG 24 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 415 PM MST



* AT 213 PM MST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED THE RIO 

  DE FLAG IS OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR FORT VALLEY WITH ADDITION RUNOFF 

  CAUSING THE RIO DE FLAG TO RISE RAPIDLY IN OTHER LOCATIONS. SINCE 

  THE RIO DE FLAG RUNS THROUGH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF...LOW WATER 

  CROSSINGS THROUGH THE RIO DE FLAG DRAINAGE WILL SEE FAST FLOWING 

  WATER AND WILL BE IMPASSABLE THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS 

  ALONG THE RIO DE FLAG WILL ALSO SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH 

  FLOODING AS WELL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF AREAS IN 

AND AROUND THE RIO DE FLAG. UNDERPASSES AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS IN 

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ARE ALSO BEING AFFECTED WITH RUNOFF FROM THESE 

STORMS. 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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

FLAGSTAFF.



LAT...LON 3524 11173 3519 11165 3519 11156 3522 11159

      3521 11163 3524 11167 3527 11174



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