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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

545 PM MST FRI JUL 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 815 PM MST



* AT 540 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SEVERAL NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM 

  EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF HUNT TO AROUND 5 MILES NORTH OF 

  SPRINGERVILLE. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THIS AREA ESPECIALLY NEAR LYMAN LAKE 

  SINCE 500 PM MST.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE WEST 

  SIDE OF ST. JOHNS...LYMAN LAKE STATE PARK...HUNT AND CONCHO. AREAS 

  TO THE WEST OF ST. JOHNS WAS PREVIOUSLY FLOOD THURSDAY EVENING AND 

  WASHES TO THE EAST OF ST. JOHNS WILL REACT MUCH FASTER. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 700 PM MST. ROADS AFFECTED IN THE WARNING AREA 

ARE BUT NOT LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 180 AND 191 NORTH OF SPRINGERVILLE TO 

ST. JOHNS...HIGHWAY 61 FROM ST. JOHNS TO CONCHO AND HIGHWAY 180A AND 

180 EAST OF ST. JOHN AND 10 MILES NORTH OF CONCHO. THIS IS A 

DANGEROUS SITUATION. MOTORIST TRAVELING IN THIS AREA ARE ADVISED TO 

AVOID FLOOD ROADWAYS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



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.



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 3447 10935

      3481 10952 3460 10970 3425 10951



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