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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

458 PM MST FRI AUG 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  NORTH CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  FOR AREAS 5 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF ASH FORK...



* UNTIL 700 PM MST



* AT 454 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED

  AREA. RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ASH FORK



ROADS AFFECTED BY THE WARNING ARE INTERSTATE 40 3 MILES TO THE EAST 

AND WEST OF ASH FORK...THAT PORTION OF ROUTE 66 THAT RUNS THROUGH 

ASH FORK AND HIGHWAY 89A FROM ASH FORK TO AROUND 4 MILES SOUTH



PARTRIDGE CREEK JUST TO THE WEST OF ASH FORK HAS SEEN THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN...ALONG WITH WASHES THAT FLOW INTO THE CREEK.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 600 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS.



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 3512 11274 3520 11266 3539 11247 3537 11233

      3505 11243 3501 11264



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