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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

823 PM MST SAT AUG 2 2008



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GRAHAM AZ-

823 PM MST SAT AUG 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MST FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY...



AT 810 PM MST...DRAINAGE FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. 

RADAR ESTIMATES AND GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE FROM 1.50 TO 3.00 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF 

MOUNT GRAHAM.



THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN MARIJILDA CANYON...NOON CREEK AND 

STOCKTON WASH. THIS FLOW OF WATER IS LIKELY IMPACTING LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ALONG ROUTE 191 BETWEEN SAFFORD AND SWIFT TRAIL JUNCTION. 

ROUTE 366 FROM SWIFT WATER JUNCTION TO HEILOGRAPH PEAK MAY BE WASHED 

OUT...ESPECIALLY NEAR NOON CREEK. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWIFT TRAIL

  JUNCTION AND MOUNT GRAHAM



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3279 10977 3275 10963 3273 10965 3254 10975

      3267 10996



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