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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

442 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



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MARICOPA AZ-

442 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY...



AT 425 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY 

RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAD GENERALLY MOVED OUT OF THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...WASHES AND HIGHWAY LOW SPOTS WERE 

LIKELY STILL FLOODED FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL...AND 

DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY STILL PRESENT. THEREFORE THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 530 PM MST. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIO 

VERDE...CAVE CREEK AND CAREFREE.



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.



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 3356 11197 3390 11197 3386 11152 3348 11170



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