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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

1019 PM MST FRI JUL 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSDALE...MESA...GILBERT...

  FOUNTAIN HILLS...



* UNTIL 1230 AM MST



* AT 1014 PM MST TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT        

  AGENCIES REPORT NUMEROUS ROADWAYS CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION DUE     

  TO FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL       

  CONTINUE TO KEEP FLOOD PRONE AREAS COVERED WITH WATER.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIO VERDE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3377 11157 3338 11159 3326 11176 3370 11197



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