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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

845 PM MST FRI JUL 27 2007



AZC001-280445-

APACHE AZ-

845 PM MST FRI JUL 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MST FOR

SOUTHERN APACHE COUNTY...



AT 840 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT THE STORMS THAT CAUSE THE FLOODING EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE 

WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY...HOWEVER GIVEN THE WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4.5 

INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA...FLOODING 

PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER THROUGH 945 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 AND 

AREAS JUST TO THE WEST OF PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK VISITORS 

CENTER. 



ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING TO THE 

NORTHEAST AND IS MOVING TOWARD THE WARNING AREA...HOWEVER THE RAIN 

FALL AMOUNTS AND INTENSITY FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS MUCH LIGHTER 

...THEIR MAIN EFFECT MAY BE TO KEEP THE FLOODED AREAS FLOODED FOR A 

LITTLE LONGER DURATION. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE 

TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS 

WELL AS LOW WATER CROSSING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3419 10945 3425 10937 3428 10919 3447 10935

      3510 10960 3503 10983 3465 10983 3431 10979

      3426 10951



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