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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

1000 PM MST MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PARKER...PARKER DAM...

  BOUSE...POSTON...AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 95 NORTH 

  AND SOUTH OF PARKER...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST



* AT 948 PM MST...EXTREMELY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS HAVE BEEN

  REPORTED AROUND PARKER AND VICINITY.  MANY OF THE NEARBY ROADS

  ARE FLOODED...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN PARKER AND PARKER

  DAM. 



* IT WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR FLOODED WASHES TO RECEDE...WITH

  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT.



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.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3426 11398 3426 11389 3389 11387 3388 11451

      3393 11450 3396 11452 3402 11443 3409 11442

      3411 11440 3418 11424 3427 11412 3433 11415

      3433 11411



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