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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

533 PM MST SAT JUL 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  NORTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 730 PM MST



* AT 529 PM MST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  JUST WEST OF FIREBIRD LAKE...OVER THE GILA INDIAN RESERVATION. RADAR

  INDICATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE 530 PM JUST WEST OF

  HIGHWAY 347.



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

  LAKE AND KOMATKE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3312 11219 3312 11198 3331 11196 3331 11220



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