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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

627 PM MST TUE JUL 31 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSDALE...FOUNTAIN HILLS...



* UNTIL 930 PM MST



* AT 621 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF FAR NORTHEAST

  MARICOPA COUNTY. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER RIO

  VERDE EAST TO HIGHWAY 87. RAINFALL RATES WITH THE MOST INTENSE 

  STORMS WERE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...AND A RAIN GAGE

  NEAR RIO VERDE REPORTED 1.02 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.



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

  VERDE...CAVE CREEK AND CAREFREE. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO

  NORTH SCOTTSDALE...AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE FLOW DOWN THE INDIAN

  BEND WASH BY AROUND 730 PM THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3364 11202 3355 11172 3360 11144 3369 11134

      3378 11142 3393 11200



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