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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

600 PM MST THU AUG 14 2008



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GILA AZ-MARICOPA AZ-PINAL AZ-

600 PM MST THU AUG 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR NORTH

CENTRAL PINAL...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MARICOPA AND CENTRAL GILA

COUNTIES...



AT 555 PM MST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING 

SLOWLY WEST ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. SINCE 

445 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER 

THE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROOSEVELT...IN WESTERN GILA COUNTY... 

SOUTH TO THE PINAL-MARICOPA COUNTY LINE. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL DRAIN 

INTO CAMPAIGN CREEK...PINTO CREEK...QUAIL SPRINGS WASH...AND POISON 

SPRINGS WASH. AT 550 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT 

HIGHWAY 188 SOUTHEAST OF ROOSEVELT ESTATES WAS CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING. AT 520 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN ROOSEVELT ESTATES 

REPORTED CREEKS WERE RUNNING AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WAS OCCURRING.



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.



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 

PM MST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA.



LAT...LON 3373 11125 3370 11096 3331 11088 3328 11117



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