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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

630 PM 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 MIDNIGHT MST



* AT 630 PM MST...EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES ON CATARACT CREEK

  IN SUPAI VILLAGE...WITH ADDITIONAL STORM RUNOFF EXPECTED OVERNIGHT

  TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO 3 INCHES FELL IN THE

  HEADWATERS OF CATARACT CREEK TODAY...AND A FAILURE OF REDLANDS

  DAM ON CATARACT CREEK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MORE EXTENSIVE FLOODING

  OVERNIGHT. EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ARE ONGOING IN

  THE SUPAI AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SUPAI...HUALAPAI HILLTOP TRAIL DOWN TO SUPAI...CATARACT CREEK...

  HAVASU CREEK TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE COLORADO RIVER...IN

  ADDITION TO RED LAKE WASH...MONUMENT WASH...AND OTHER SMALL

  STREAMS IN THE UPPER CATARACT CREEK DRAINAGE AREA NEAR WILLIAMS.



FLOOD WATERS FROM HEAVY RAINS FRIDAY THROUGH TODAY CONTINUE TO MOVE 

DOWN CATARACT CREEK FROM NORTH OF WILLIAMS AND WEST OF VALLE TO

SUPAI VILLAGE. IN ADDITION...A FAILURE OF REDLANDS DAM ON CATARACT

CREEK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HEAVIER FLOW ON CATARACT CREEK. THE FLOOD

WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO CREST OVERNIGHT. DO NOT TRAVEL TO OR FROM

HUALAPAI HILLTOP TO SUPAI TODAY.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3629 11281 3632 11277 3632 11276 3633 11275

      3633 11273 3635 11272 3635 11270 3595 11240

      3535 11215 3536 11240



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