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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

918 PM MST SAT JUL 21 2007



AZC007-021-220545-

GILA AZ-PINAL AZ-

935 PM MST SAT JUL 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MST FOR 

NORTH CENTRAL PINAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GILA COUNTIES...



AS OF 935 PM...THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED ISSUANCE OF THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AREA EXTENDING FROM ROOSEVELT LAKE SOUTH TO 

THE CITY OF SUPERIOR HAS ENDED. SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF IS LIKELY 

OCCURRING THROUGH WASHES AND SMALL STREAMS...AND FLOODING IS HIGHLY 

LIKELY AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON ROADWAYS NEAR ROOSEVELT LAKE AND 

SUPERIOR.  



BETWEEN 7 AND 830 PM...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL OVER AND NEAR THE EAST END OF ROOSEVELT LAKE...AS WELL 

AS JUST NORTHEAST OF SUPERIOR. A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NEAR ROOSEVELT 

DAM REPORTED 1.58 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 750 PM AND 835 PM. ROCK 

SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED ON HIGHWAY 60 JUST EAST OF SUPERIOR.   



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. THE DEPTH AND SPEED OF FLOW IS 

EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE AT NIGHT. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 

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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

PHOENIX.



LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY 

AND SOUTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTY...WHERE AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST 

ADVISORIES AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY WFO PHOENIX FOR UPDATES 

CONCERNING THIS EVENINGS WEATHER. 





LAT...LON 3377 11083 3377 11105 3364 11107 3352 11107

      3344 11111 3305 11126 3306 11095 3360 11085



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