

000 

WGUS55 KFGZ 280202

FFWFGZ

AZC001-280445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

700 PM MST FRI JUL 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 945 PM MST



* AT 650 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SEVERAL NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS 

  EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLBROOK ALONG INTERSTATE 40

  SOUTH THROUGH HUNT AND CONCHO TO LYMAN LAKE STATE PARK. THE 

  STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE CURRENTLY LOCATED 5 TO 10 MILES EAST 

  OF THE PETRIFIED FOREST VISITOR CENTER AND SOUTH THROUGH HUNT. 

  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

  OVER PORTIONS OF THIS AREA ESPECIALLY FROM HUNT TO AROUND 10 MILES 

  NORTH SINCE 600 PM MST...WITH IN THIS AREA RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 

  TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.



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

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

  PETRIFIED FOREST VISITOR CENTER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 800 PM MST.



ROADS AFFECTED IN THIS AREA BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARE HIGHWAY 180 FROM 

ST. JOHNS NORTHWEST TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY LINE...AND HIGHWAY 180A.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROAD CLOSURES...BETWEEN 

HUNT AND ST. JOHNS...BETWEEN ST. JOHNS AND CONCHO...BETWEEN ST. 

JOHNS AND SPRINGERVILLE...AND BETWEEN HUNT AND CONCHO...ALL DUE TO  

HIGHWATER AND DEBRIS ACROSS THE ROADWAYS.



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 3419 10945 3425 10937 3428 10919 3447 10935

      3510 10960 3503 10983 3465 10983 3431 10979

      3426 10951



$$

TC

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000 

WGUS55 KFGZ 280202

FFWFGZ

AZC001-280445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

700 PM MST FRI JUL 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 945 PM MST



* AT 650 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SEVERAL NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS 

  EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLBROOK ALONG INTERSTATE 40

  SOUTH THROUGH HUNT AND CONCHO TO LYMAN LAKE STATE PARK. THE 

  STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE CURRENTLY LOCATED 5 TO 10 MILES EAST 

  OF THE PETRIFIED FOREST VISITOR CENTER AND SOUTH THROUGH HUNT. 

  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

  OVER PORTIONS OF THIS AREA ESPECIALLY FROM HUNT TO AROUND 10 MILES 

  NORTH SINCE 600 PM MST...WITH IN THIS AREA RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 

  TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.



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

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

  PETRIFIED FOREST VISITOR CENTER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 800 PM MST.



ROADS AFFECTED IN THIS AREA BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARE HIGHWAY 180 FROM 

ST. JOHNS NORTHWEST TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY LINE...AND HIGHWAY 180A.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROAD CLOSURES...BETWEEN 

HUNT AND ST. JOHNS...BETWEEN ST. JOHNS AND CONCHO...BETWEEN ST. 

JOHNS AND SPRINGERVILLE...AND BETWEEN HUNT AND CONCHO...ALL DUE TO  

HIGHWATER AND DEBRIS ACROSS THE ROADWAYS.



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 3419 10945 3425 10937 3428 10919 3447 10935

      3510 10960 3503 10983 3465 10983 3431 10979

      3426 10951



$$

TC

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