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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
607 PM MST TUE SEP 12 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE SLATE CREEK BASIN IN...
GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 915 PM MST.
* AT 606 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SLATE CREEK AND
COTTONWOOD CREEK BASINS. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE SLATE CREEK
BASIN.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE SLATE CREEK BASIN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
OAK SPRING CANYON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
STATE ROUTE 188 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 272.
STATE ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 230 AND 233.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GET TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY! RAGING FLASH FLOOD WATERS AND
DEBRIS WILL INUNDATE RESIDENCES NEAR STATE ROUTE 188 ALONG THE BANKS
OF SLATE CREEK.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN! NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE ROAD 26 AND LOW
WATER CROSSINGS THROUGH SLATE CREEK WILL BE WASHED OUT AND
IMPASSABLE. FLOOD WATERS MAY OVERTOP STATE ROUTE 188 AS CULVERTS
BECOME CLOGGED FROM FLOOD DEBRIS.
IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS
WHICH WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3401 11143 3401 11135 3399 11129 3397 11130
3394 11129 3392 11130 3397 11141
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HUMPHREYS
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