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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

515 PM MST FRI JUL 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 645 PM MST



* AT 510 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE LYMAN 

  LAKE AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYMAN LAKE

  STATE PARK...COYOTE CREEK ABOVE LYMAN LAKE...AND ALAMO WASH



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS LOW WATER CROSSING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



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.



LAT...LON 3411 10937 3415 10928 3417 10910 3448 10931

      3444 10942 3438 10947 3425 10951



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