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WGUS75 KPSR 290213

FFSPSR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

713 PM MST THU AUG 28 2008



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GILA AZ-

713 PM MST THU AUG 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR

CENTRAL GILA COUNTY...



AT 712 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ESTIMATED TWO 

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE SLOPES OF QUARTZITE PEAK AND 

WEBSTER MOUNTAIN. THIS RAINWATER WILL DRAIN INTO PINAL CREAK JUST 

NORTH OF CLAYPOOL AND RUN TOWARD LAKE ROOSEVELT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND COUNTRY ROADS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE 

MANY 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 3342 11085 3352 11089 3360 11093 3364 11100

      3365 11097 3362 11091 3352 11085 3343 11081



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