677  
WGUS85 KPSR 251406 RRA  
FLSPSR  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ  
706 AM MST THU MAY 25 2023  
 
AZC027-310000-  
/O.CON.KPSR.FA.W.0032.000000T0000Z-230531T0000Z/  
/00000.0.DR.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
YUMA AZ-  
706 AM MST THU MAY 25 2023  
 
...FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM RELEASE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST  
TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY UPSTREAM DAM RELEASE CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST ARIZONA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTY, YUMA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 PM MST TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...LOWLAND FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF UNBRIDGED CROSSINGS  
WILL OCCUR ALONG THE GILA RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF PAINTED ROCK DAM.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 706 AM MST, WATER BEING RELEASED FROM PAINTED ROCK DAM  
CONTINUES TO TRAVEL DOWN THE GILA RIVER THROUGH YUMA COUNTY,  
WITH A USGS GAUGE NEAR DOME SHOWING FLOWS NEAR 22.3 FEET,  
WHICH IS ABOVE ACTION STAGE. THIS WILL LIKELY FLOOD UNBRIDGED  
RIVER CROSSINGS AND MAY INUNDATE SOME FARMLAND.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
LIGURTA AND KINTER.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3271 11404 3273 11408 3270 11409 3266 11421  
3267 11431 3275 11438 3274 11442 3271 11445  
3270 11457 3272 11456 3274 11446 3277 11444  
3278 11435 3270 11426 3272 11416 3275 11409  
3273 11403  
 
 
 
AY  
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