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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

733 AM MST MON JAN 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROOSEVELT...GLOBE...

  TONTO CREEK NORTH OF ROOSEVELT...SAN CARLOS



* UNTIL 130 PM MST



* AT 731 AM MST...STREAM GAGES ACROSS SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY REPORTED

  SIGNIFICANT FLOW OVER MANY STREAMS...AND CREEKS...NEAR OR ABOVE

  FLOOD STAGES IN PLACES. A STREAM GAGE ON TONTO CREEK NEAR PUNKIN

  CENTER REPORTED A STAGE OF 15.98 FEET AT 715 AM...WITH THE FLOOD

  STAGE AT 16 FEET. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS

  ...INCLUDING FROM RV AND TRAILER PARKS...ALONG TONTO CREEK. THE 

  FLOODING IS A RESULT OF THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED OVER

  GILA COUNTY LAST NIGHT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PUNKIN

  CENTER



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3339 11042 3324 11043 3309 11069 3324 11095

      3367 11114 3362 11123 3370 11133 3398 11143

      3392 11130 3380 11117 3376 11099 3365 11092

      3369 11083 3365 11078 3371 11073 3343 11023

TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 180DEG 0KT 3360 11105



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