799
WGUS75 KFGZ 130253
FFSFGZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
753 PM MST TUE SEP 12 2023
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GILA AZ-
753 PM MST TUE SEP 12 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SLATE CREEK BASIN REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 915 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GILA COUNTY...
AT 750 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
ENDED OVER THE SLATE CREEK BASIN. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE SLATE CREEK BASIN.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE SLATE CREEK BASIN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
OAK SPRING CANYON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
STATE ROUTE 188 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 272.
STATE ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 230 AND 233.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GET TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY! RAGING FLASH FLOOD WATERS AND
DEBRIS WILL INUNDATE RESIDENCES NEAR STATE ROUTE 188 ALONG THE BANKS
OF SLATE CREEK.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN! NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE ROAD 26 AND LOW
WATER CROSSINGS THROUGH SLATE CREEK WILL BE WASHED OUT AND
IMPASSABLE. FLOOD WATERS MAY OVERTOP STATE ROUTE 188 AS CULVERTS
BECOME CLOGGED FROM FLOOD DEBRIS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3401 11143 3401 11135 3399 11129 3397 11130
3394 11129 3392 11130 3397 11141
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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