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WGUS75 KPSR 231830

FFSPSR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

1125 AM MST MON JUL 23 2007



AZC007-231900-

GILA AZ-

1125 AM MST MON JUL 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FOR CENTRAL

GILA COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY THE SALT RIVER CANYON NEAR SENECA LAKE...



AT 1125 AM...THE HEAVY-RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED 

ISSUANCE OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL GILA COUNTY HAVE 

MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH MODERATE  

RAIN...WERE AFFECTING THE AREA EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.  BETWEEN 915 

AM AND 1045 AM...IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER AND NEAR 

U.S. ROUTE 60...STATE HIGHWAY 77...JUST SOUTH OF SENECA LAKE. 



ACCORDING TO GILA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...SEVERAL MOTORISTS 

REPORTED THAT HUGE BOULDERS HAD BEEN WASHED ONTO U.S. 60...STATE 

ROUTE 77...JUST SOUTH OF SENECA LAKE...IN THE SALT RIVER CANYON. AT 

1120 AM...LOCAL NEWS MEDIA REPORTED U.S. ROUTE 60...STATE ROUTE 

77...WAS CLOSED NEAR SENECA LAKE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING AND ROCK 

SLIDES. 



LAT...LON 3367 11074 3362 11039 3380 11039 3384 11056 3378 11068



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