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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

923 PM MST THU AUG 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUN LAKES...MESA...GILBERT...GILA

  BEND...CHANDLER...

  NORTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION...



* UNTIL 1215 AM MST



* AT 913 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED RAINFALL RATES   

  AS HIGH AS SIX INCHES PER HOUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING    

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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

  JUNCTION...MESA...GILBERT...CHANDLER...QUEEN CREEK...MARICOPA...AND 

  GILA BEND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. TRAVEL WILL BE 

VERY DIFFICULT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO WIDESPREAD URBAN 

FLOODING.



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 3312 11181 3272 11270 3298 11278 3329 11217

      3342 11180 3362 11165 3345 11132 3320 11139



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