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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
544 PM MST WED SEP 13 2023
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COCONINO AZ-
544 PM MST WED SEP 13 2023 /644 PM MDT WED SEP 13 2023/
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM ARIZONA TIME
/715 PM NAVAJO NATION TIME/ THIS EVENING FOR COCONINO COUNTY...
AT 542 PM ARIZONA TIME /642 PM NAVAJO NATION TIME/, DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING, ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOW-LYING AREAS AND
NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
HAZARD...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS,
CREEKS, NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ROADS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LITTLE CO RIVER GORGE OVERLOOK, TAPPAN SPRING AND NAVAJO
RESERVATION.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SWIMMING HOLES...
TAPPAN SPRING.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROUTE 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 277 AND 294.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
NEEDMORE WASH, LEE CANYON, CEDAR WASH, LITTLE COLORADO RIVER,
BURRO CANYON WASH AND TAPPAN WASH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS AND CREEKS CAN BECOME RAGING
KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
GET OUT OF WASHES AND CREEKS IF YOU ARE CAMPING OR HIKING! FLOODING
IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT AND WILL INUNDATE AREA DRAINAGES.
LAT...LON 3586 11174 3584 11175 3582 11173 3578 11164
3577 11155 3579 11150 3581 11149 3582 11147
3585 11144 3584 11146 3587 11143 3588 11143
3589 11145 3592 11151 3595 11169 3594 11171
3592 11171 3588 11174
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
BAIN
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