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WGUS75 KPSR 162356

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

453 PM MST SUN SEP 16 2007



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GILA AZ-

453 PM MST SUN SEP 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL GILA COUNTY...



AT 445 PM MST...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE 

REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AND ROCK SLIDES ALONG HIGHWAY 60 NORTH OF 

GLOBE. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THE WARNED AREA DURING THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THIS 

EVENING.



AREAS PRIMARILY IMPACTED WILL BE THE CHAMPION CREEK AND SEVENMILE 

WASH DRAINAGE BASINS. THIS INCLUDES THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 60 FROM 

GLOBE TO 30 MILES NORTH OF GLOBE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 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.



LAT...LON 3354 11077 3360 11072 3363 11062 3353 11053

      3340 11045 3337 11048 3338 11068

TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 180DEG 0KT 3347 11062



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