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WGUS75 KPSR 290215

FFSPSR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

711 PM MST SAT JUL 28 2007



AZC013-290415-

MARICOPA AZ-

711 PM MST SAT JUL 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MST FOR NORTH

CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY...



AT 707 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WICKENBURG AREA HAD DECREASED SINCE 645 PM 

AND HAD LARGELY MOVED TO THE SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER...RAIN GAGE REPORTS 

INDICATED THAT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AROUND WICKENBURG PICKED UP 

BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN SINCE 615 PM. AS A 

RESULT...AREA WASHES ARE LIKELY TO BE RUNNING SIGNIFICANTLY...AS 

WELL AS THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER RUNNING THROUGH WICKENBURG. THUS THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 915 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WICKENBURG...SOLS WASH AND THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER FROM WICKENBURG 

SOUTHEAST TO MORRISTOWN.



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 3377 11307 3376 11249 3403 11261 3404 11311



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