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WGUS75 KPSR 290124

FFSPSR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

619 PM MST SAT JUL 28 2007



AZC013-021-290230-

MARICOPA AZ-PINAL AZ-

619 PM MST SAT JUL 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MST FOR

NORTHWESTERN PINAL AND CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTIES...



AT 616 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT STORMS NEAR FIREBIRD LAKE HAD LARGELY DISSIPATED SINCE 6 PM. 

HOWEVER...RADAR BASED RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT OVER 2 

INCHES FELL BETWEEN ABOUT 5 AND 6 PM...IN THE AREA JUST EAST OF 

FIREBIRD LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 347. THIS RAINFALL IS SUFFICIENT TO 

CAUSE WASHES TO FLOW AND FOR WATER TO RUN OVER ROADWAYS...AND POSE 

HAZARDS TO MOTORISTS. THUS THE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.



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

AND KOMATKE



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 3312 11219 3312 11198 3331 11196 3331 11220



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