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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

630 PM MST TUE JUL 31 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  SOUTHEASTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 700 PM MST



* AT 601 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A ROCK 

  AND MUDSLIDE NEAR MILE POST 249 ON INTERSTATE 17.



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

  JUNCTION...CORDES AND BUMBLE BEE





THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED      

EARLIER.



AT 623 PM MST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE 

INTERSTATE 17 CORRIDOR NEAR BLACK CANYON CITY EASTWARD TO JUST WEST 

OF RYE. AFFECTED BASINS INCLUDE...SOUTH FORK...NEW RIVER...SQUAW 

CREEK...LIME CREEK AND TANGLE CREEK. SOME OF THIS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED OVER THE CAVE CREEK BURN AREA AND DEBRIS FLOWS OVER RURAL 

ROADWAYS SHOULD BE EXPECTED.



LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES

IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...

MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 

CAVE CREEK BURN AREA.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

FLAGSTAFF.



LAT...LON 3401 11154 3420 11153 3435 11221 3406 11228



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