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WGUS85 KPSR 251406 RRA
FLSPSR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
706 AM MST THU MAY 25 2023
AZC027-310000-
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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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