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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

732 PM MST TUE JUL 31 2007



AZC013-010430-

MARICOPA AZ-

732 PM MST TUE JUL 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY...



AT 729 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF 

NORTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTY...INCLUDING NORTH SCOTTSDALE. SEVERAL RAIN 

GAGES IN NORTH SCOTTSDALE AND THE RIO VERDE AREA REPORTED BETWEEN 

ONE AND ONE HALF...AND TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES...SINCE 530 PM. RADAR 

INDICATED THAT FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF 

NORTH SCOTTSDALE AND FAR NORTHEAST PHOENIX...SINCE 630 PM.



AT 730 PM...SIGNIFICANT FLOW WAS REPORTED BY A STREAM GAGE IN THE 

NORTHERN PORTION OF THE INDIAN BEND WASH...AT SHEA BOULEVARD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIO VERDE...

CAVE CREEK AND CAREFREE



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.



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 3364 11202 3355 11172 3360 11144 3369 11134

      3378 11142 3393 11200



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