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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

1133 AM MST MON JAN 28 2008



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NAVAJO AZ-GILA AZ-

1133 AM MST MON JAN 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

200 PM MST FOR EAST CENTRAL GILA AND SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTIES...



AT 945 AM MST...HYDROLOGISTS WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 

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

BEGUN TO LOWER BUT REMAINED AROUND 1 FOOT OF THE TOP OF EACH DAM. 

DAM FAILURE IS STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL WATER LEVELS LOWER FURTHER. 

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. 



CARRIZO CREEK BETWEEN SHOW LOW AND THE CONFLUENCE WITH CORDUROY 

CREEK IS FLOWING AT AROUND 9000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND WITH FLOW 

AMOUNTS DECREASING OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. 



SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 200 

PM MST. 



THE AFFECTED AREA INCLUDES TO TOWN OF CARRIZO 



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



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