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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

1219 AM MST SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 615 AM MST



* AT 1215 AM MST...THE SUPAI POLICE DEPARTMENT INDICATED FLASH       

  FLOODING OCCURRING IN SUPAI...WITH FOOT BRIDGES ALREADY WASHED OUT.

  WATER FLOW AT THE SUPAI GAGE HAS JUMPED TO 4731 CUBIC FEET PER     

  SECOND. THESE FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON SATURDAY THAT OCCURRED ON THE 

  COCONINO PLATEAU. THIS RUNOFF HAS NOW FUNNELED INTO CATARACT CANYON 

  AND WILL IMPACTING CATARACT CREEK AND HAVASU CREEK. NO SIGNIFICANT 

  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE CATARACT CANYON DRAINAGE THROUGH SUNRISE 

  SUNDAY.   



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUPAI



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID 

STREAMS AND CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3634 11269 3604 11251 3601 11262 3624 11271

      3632 11275



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