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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

642 AM MST MON JAN 28 2008



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NAVAJO AZ-GILA AZ-

642 AM MST MON JAN 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL GILA AND SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTIES...



AT 642 AM MST...HYDROLOGISTS WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 

INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS ON BOTH THE COOLEE AND BOOTLEG DAMS ARE 

WITHING 6 INCHES OF THE TOP. SHOULD THESE DAMS FAIL...FLOOD WATERS 

WILL TRAVEL DOWN CORDUROY AND CARRIZO CREEKS...REACHING THE TOWN OF 

CARRIZO IN ABOUT 2.5 HOURS. FLOOD WATER DEPTHS OF 10 TO 12 FEET 

WOULD THEN BE EXPECTED IN CARRIZO. 



ADDITIONALLY CARRIZO CREEK BETWEEN SHOW LOW AND THE CONFLUENCE 

WITH CORDUROY CREEK IS FLOWING AT 11500 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND 

THIS MORNING...UP FROM 1700 CFS AT 10 PM LAST NIGHT. 



LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 8 AM MST. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3403 10990 3406 11001 3402 11015 3381 11029

      3382 11031 3403 11030 3413 11023 3412 10988

TIME...MOT...LOC 1342Z 180DEG 0KT 3407 10995



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