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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
413 PM MST WED SEP 13 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST OF PAULDEN IN YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 715 PM MST.
* AT 409 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, FROM 5 TO 15 MILES WEST OF
PAULDEN. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 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.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS, CREEKS, NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ROADS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SULLIVAN BUTTES, BIG CHINO WASH IN PAULDEN, WALNUT CREEK RANGER
STATION AND MOUNT HOPE.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 336 AND 337.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
NORTH FORK WALNUT CREEK, WILLIAMSON VALLEY WASH, BIG CHINO WASH,
MUDDY CREEK, WALNUT CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3482 11259 3486 11253 3485 11248 3487 11244
3491 11249 3498 11252 3508 11267 3510 11285
3507 11306 3494 11311
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JJ
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