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WGUS75 KPSR 280441

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

940 PM MST SUN JAN 27 2008



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GILA AZ-

940 PM MST SUN JAN 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM MST FOR WEST

CENTRAL GILA COUNTY...



AT 940 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE TONTO CREEK BASIN. 

ADDITIONALLY...THE GILA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER 

CROSSINGS ALONG THE TONTO CREEK HAD BEEN CLOSED. STORM TOTAL 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE BASIN...AS DETERMINED BY RADAR...HAS GENERALLY 

RANGED FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES. A RIVER GAGE NEAR JAKES CORNER CONTINUES 

TO SHOW WATER LEVELS RISING...AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MUCH OF THE 

EVENING.



MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BASIN FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 

OF RAINFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG THE TONTO CREEK 

BASIN...MAINLY ALONG HIGHWAY 188 FROM HIGHWAY 87/THE BEELINE SOUTH 

TO LAKE ROOSEVELT. THIS WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY OF PUNKIN CENTER. 



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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE 

THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING 

WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3377 11122 3377 11134 3399 11144 3399 11141

      3397 11141 3391 11128 3382 11117 3381 11117

TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 180DEG 0KT 3386 11131



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