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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1041 PM MST WED SEP 13 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 500 AM MST THURSDAY.
* AT 1037 PM MST, HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER A VERY LARGE AREA WEST OF
PAULDEN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF
THE WALNUT CREEK, BIG CHINO WASH, AND WILLIAMSON VALLEY WASH
DRAINAGES. MOST OF THIS AREA RECEIVED BETWEEN 1.50 AND 3.50 INCHES
OF RAIN, AND FLOODING ALONG THESE WASHES DOWN TO PAULDEN IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED
FLOODING ALONG BIG SPRINGS RANCH ROAD AROUND 9 PM.
HAZARD...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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, PAULDEN, WALNUT CREEK RANGER STATION AND MOUNT
HOPE.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 335 AND 337.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
WILLIAMSON VALLEY WASH, BIG CHINO WASH, 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...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JJ
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