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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

318 PM MST THU AUG 24 2006



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COCONINO AZ-

318 PM MST THU AUG 24 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MST FOR 

CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY FOR THE RIO DE FLAG DRAINAGE FROM FORT 

VALLEY THROUGH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF...



AT 312 PM MST...THE PUBLIC WAS CONTINUING TO REPORT FLOODING 

PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FROM RUNOFF DUE TO EARLIER 

THUNDERSTORMS. MANY CITY STREETS IN AND AROUND THE RIO DE FLAG 

DRAINAGE...ALONG WITH MILTON AVE...BUTLER AVE...AND SOLIERE CONTINUE 

TO HAVE FLOODING REPORTED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. SEVERAL STREETS REMAIN 

IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL. THE RIO DE FLAG FROM FORT VALLEY THROUGH THE 

CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS RUNNING AT OR OVER ITS BANKS AND WILL CONTINUE 

TO RUN HIGH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



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.



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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