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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

1228 AM MST TUE AUG 26 2008



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LA PAZ AZ-MARICOPA AZ-

1228 AM MST TUE AUG 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM MST FOR

NORTHWESTERN MARICOPA AND EAST CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTIES...



AT 1222 AM MST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 

NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE 

CENTENNIAL WASH AT WENDEN. A STREAM GAGE ON THE CENTENNIAL WASH AT 

WENDEN WAS REPORTING A STAGE OF 4.7 FEET WITH A DISCHARGE OF NEARLY 

EIGHT THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. FLOODING IS LIKELY ON THE 

NORTHEAST EDGE OF WENDEN WHERE THE WASH APPROACHES THE CITY...NEAR 

HIGHWAY 60. THE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW DOWN THE WASH AND REACH 

SALOME BY 1 AM.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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.



LAT...LON 3389 11305 3368 11360 3388 11369 3403 11328

      3402 11326 3402 11308



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