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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
623 PM MST WED SEP 13 2023
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YAVAPAI AZ-
623 PM MST WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS NEAR PAULDEN...MOUNT HOPE...AND THE WALNUT CREEK
RANGER STATION IN WESTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY...
AT 620 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA, ESPECIALLY NEAR MOUNT HOPE.
HAZARD...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS, CREEKS, NORMALLY
DRY WASHES, AND ROADS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SULLIVAN BUTTES, BIG CHINO WASH IN PAULDEN, WALNUT CREEK RANGER
STATION AND MOUNT HOPE.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 335 AND 337.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
WALNUT CREEK, PINE CREEK, MUDDY CREEK, SOUTH FORK WALNUT CREEK,
MOUNT HOPE TANK, WILLIAMSON VALLEY WASH, INDIAN SPRINGS WASH,
ROUND VALLEY WASH, MUD TANK WASH, BUTTE WASH, HITT WASH, BIG CHINO
WASH, GRAVER WASH, TURKEY CANYON, APACHE CREEK, VERDE RIVER, BURRO
CREEK, DEEP CANYON, NORTH FORK WALNUT CREEK, QUARTZ LEAD WASH AND
ANTELOPE WASH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
LAT...LON 3482 11259 3486 11253 3485 11248 3487 11244
3491 11249 3498 11252 3508 11267 3510 11285
3507 11306 3494 11311
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
BAIN
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