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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

445 PM MST MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAVEEN...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF KOMATKE... 



* UNTIL 630 PM MST



* AT 432 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTH 

MOUNTAIN AND ADJOINING HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. SMALL WASHES THAT FEED 

INTO THE GILA AND SALT RIVERS WILL HAVE FLOW...AND LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS IN THE AREA WILL BE COME INUNDATED...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

BASELINE ROAD FROM 91ST AVENUE...EAST TO 24TH STREET.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.0 INCH IN AN HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE...AND THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED FLOW IN WASHES AND 

STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PHOENIX.



LAT...LON 3342 11226 3344 11195 3322 11205 3322 11228



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