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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

350 PM MST THU JUL 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 545 PM MST



* AT 349 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

GROVE. AREA STREAMS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT 

ARE NOT LIMITED TO KIRKLAND CREEK...HASSAYAMPA RIVER AND ANY 

TRIBUTARIES FLOWING INTO THESE TWO RIVER SYSTEMS. ROADWAYS IN THIS 

AREA INCLUDE STATE ROUTE 89 FROM MILE POST 282 NORTH TO MILE POST 

288. 



SLOW MOVING AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING AREA AND ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 6 MPH. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH 

LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNING 

AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA. MOTORISTS TRAVERSING STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE 

POSTS 282 TO 288 ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AS PONDING OF WATER ON 

THIS ROAD MAY CAUSE VERY SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3422 11250 3416 11256 3422 11267 3429 11275

      3439 11265 3429 11247



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