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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

848 PM MST TUE JUL 31 2007



AZC013-010430-

MARICOPA AZ-

848 PM MST TUE JUL 31 2007



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

NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY...



AT 846 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE WARNED AREA 

SINCE 830 PM...AND RAINFALL IN MOST LOCATION WAS LESS THAN ONE 

QUARTER INCH SINCE 8 PM. HOWEVER...MANY WASHES ACROSS NORTHEASTERN 

MARICOPA COUNTY...INCLUDING NORTH SCOTTSDALE...ARE LIKELY TO BE 

STILL FLOWING. ALSO...THE STREAM GAGE AT INDIAN BEND WASH AND SHEA 

BOULEVARD HAD SIGNIFICANT FLOW IN IT AT 845 PM. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 930 PM.



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

SCOTTSDALE...FOUNTAIN HILLS...CAVE CREEK AND CAREFREE



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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