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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1044 PM MST THU AUG 18 2022
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BEAVER CREEK IN SOUTHERN COCONINO COUNTY ARIZONA...
AND EASTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 245 AM MST.
* AT 1030 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN NEAR AND ALONG BEAVER CREEK. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.75
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.25
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. A STREAM GAUGE AT BEAVER CREEK NEAR RIMROCK HAS
SHOWN THE CREEK LEVEL RISING NEARLY 4.5 FEET WITH THE CREEK
RAPIDLY RISING NEARLY 3 FEET IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES.
HAZARD...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS, CREEKS, NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ROADS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIMROCK NEAR BEAVER CREEK, MONTEZUMA WELL, LAKE MONTEZUMA,
MCGUIREVILLE NEAR BEAVER CREEK, MONTEZUMA CASTLE NATIONAL
MONUMENT, V BAR V VISITORS CENTER AND WET BEAVER CREEK CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 17 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 291 AND 292.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
JACKS CANYON, BRADY CANYON, LONG CANYON, BEAVER CREEK, DRY BEAVER
CREEK, RUSSELL WASH AND WALKER CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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.
GET OUT OF WASHES AND CREEKS IF YOU ARE CAMPING OR HIKING! FLOODING
IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT AND WILL INUNDATE AREA DRAINAGES.
LAT...LON 3464 11174 3462 11179 3457 11185 3457 11186
3462 11186 3468 11172 3471 11155 3473 11146
3466 11144
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JJM
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