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WGUS75 KPSR 310001

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

500 PM MST MON JUL 30 2007



AZC013-310030-

MARICOPA AZ-

455 PM MST MON JUL 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR 

NORTH-CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY...



AT 450 PM MST...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS AFFECTING TEMPE...MESA...SOUTH SCOTTSDALE... FOUNTAIN 

HILLS...AND THE BEELINE HIGHWAY FROM MESA TO 10 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST 

OF FOUNTAIN HILLS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE 

OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN TEMPE DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND AN ALERT RAIN GAUGE 

AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IN TEMPE REPORTED 1.34 INCHES OF RAIN 

SINCE 4 PM. 



SPOTTERS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING AT MCCLINTOCK AND 

UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN TEMPE. THE GREATEST RAIN MEASURED BY ALERT RAIN 

GAUGE...2.17...FELL AT MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PARK. INDIAN BEND WASH WAS 

RUNNING FROM SHEA BOULEVARD SOUTH TO MCKELLIPS...AND FLOWS MAY BE 

GREAT ENOUGH TO CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND WASHES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS APPROACH. STREET FLOODING WILL 

BE SIGNIFICANT...AND MOTORISTS ON THE BEELINE HIGHWAY WILL ENCOUNTER 

PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAY...WITH POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOW 

ACROSS LOW-LYING AREAS. 



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT 

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 



LAT...LON 3360 11176 3362 11173 3360 11171 3350 11154

      3368 11147 3393 11160 3386 11178 3367 11199

      3359 11209 3338 11194



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