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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

302 AM MST TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

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



* UNTIL 600 AM MST



* AT 258 AM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY. 

SPECIFICALLY CENTENNIAL WASH CONTINUES TO FLOW AT HIGH RATES AND IS 

CAUSING FLOODING ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF WENDEN WHERE THE WASH 

INTERSECTS HIGHWAY 60.



* LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING THOUGH FLOODING 

WILL CONTINUE AS WATER CONTINUES TO DRAIN INTO CENTENNIAL WASH. 

RECENT STREAM GAGE DATA INDICATE THAT THE WASH HAS BEGUN TO SLOWLY 

RECEDE BUT IS CURRENTLY FLOWING NEAR SIX THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER 

SECOND WITH A STAGE OF OVER FOUR FEET.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3395 11343 3386 11339 3376 11354 3372 11346

      3369 11354 3378 11365



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