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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

421 AM MST SUN AUG 17 2008



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COCONINO AZ-

421 AM MST SUN AUG 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM MST FOR WEST

CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY...



AT 415 AM MST...THE SUPAI POLICE DEPARTMENT INDICATED FLASH       

FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING IN SUPAI. FOOT BRIDGES ACROSS

HAVASU CREEK HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. THE STREAM GAGE DOWNSTREAM FROM 

SUPAI REPORTED 4731 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND AT 11 PM MST...WITH NO 

REPORTS SINCE THEN. THESE FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE DUE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT OCCURRED SATURDAY 

ON THE COCONINO PLATEAU. THIS RUNOFF HAS FUNNELED INTO CATARACT CANYON 

AND WILL IMPACTING CATARACT CREEK AND HAVASU CREEK. NO SIGNIFICANT 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE CATARACT CANYON DRAINAGE THROUGH MID MORNING

SUNDAY.   



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUPAI...HAVASU 

CREEK AND SUPAI CREEK IN CATARACT CANYON. 



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 3634 11269 3604 11251 3601 11262 3624 11271

      3632 11275



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