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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

858 PM MST FRI AUG 3 2007



AZC007-040500-

GILA AZ-

858 PM MST FRI AUG 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MST FOR

SOUTH CENTRAL GILA COUNTY...



AT 825 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN MIAMI REPORTED NO 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...HOWEVER...WATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS PORTIONS 

OF SYKES ALLEY AND CORDOVA AVENUE.



AT 845 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT ONE AND ONE HALF TO OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 

EARLY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY. HEAVIEST 

AMOUNTS HAD OCCURRED OVER PINAL CREEK...NORTHWEST OF CLAYPOOL...AND 

THE HEADWATERS OF THE SALT RIVER BASIN.



RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MOST OF THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY 

THE PINAL MOUNTAINS AND MUCH OF THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST. RAINFALL 

RATES HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER 

HOUR...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN THAT FALLS WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND 

WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD CONDITIONS.



MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED 

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3336 11098 3315 11088 3300 11077 3312 11069

      3318 11054 3321 11043 3332 11047 3340 11042

      3344 11028 3362 11028 3382 11037 3383 11051

      3385 11056 3380 11067 3364 11078 3369 11083

      3354 11107



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