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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

501 PM MST MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  FOR THE TOWNS OF BRENDA...BOUSE...NEARBY PORTIONS

  OF INTERSTATE 10 NEAR EXIT 31...AND PORTIONS OF 

  HIGHWAYS 60 AND 70 NEAR BOUSE AND BRENDA...



* UNTIL 630 PM MST



* AT 451 PM MST...FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM PERSISTENT 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN 

  NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS. RAPID RUNNOFF

  IS POSSIBLE.



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

  AND BOUSE.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3387 11418 3404 11388 3357 11383 3353 11418



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