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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

539 PM MST FRI AUG 15 2008



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YAVAPAI AZ-COCONINO AZ-

545 PM MST FRI AUG 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR WEST

CENTRAL COCONINO AND NORTH CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTIES...



AT 545 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED 4 TO 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA. THE 

HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF ASH FORK. 

THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. PERSONS IN THE WARNED ARE 

SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 



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

3 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF ASH FORK...1 TO 2 MILES EAST AND WEST OF 

ASH FORK. 



ROADS AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 AROUND ASH 

FORK...ROUTE 66 THROUGH ASH FORK AND HIGHWAY 89 FROM ASH FORK TO 

ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF ASH FORK. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 642 PM MST.



CREEKS AFFECTED IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE PARTRIDGE CREEK AND 

WASHES FLOWING INTO PARTRIDGE CREEK IN THE ASH FORK AREA. OTHER 

CREEKS AFFECT BY THE FLOODING INCLUDE PINE CREEK WHERE PARTRIDGE 

CREEK EMPTIES INTO IT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3512 11274 3520 11266 3539 11247 3537 11233

      3505 11243 3501 11264



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