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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
821 PM MST WED SEP 13 2023
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YAVAPAI AZ-
821 PM MST WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING NEAR MIDDLE VERDE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY...
AT 818 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS
DECREASED, WITH SOME MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING. VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL
EARLIER THIS EVENING JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 260 BETWEEN VERDE VILLAGE
AND MIDDLE VERDE. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL, AND FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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...
JORDAN, HAYFIELD DRAW OHV AREA, MIDDLE VERDE, AND FAR SOUTH END OF
COTTONWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROUTE 260 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 214.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
BEAVER CREEK, CHERRY CREEK, DRY BEAVER CREEK, OAK CREEK AND VERDE
RIVER.
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 3469 11199 3463 11194 3461 11188 3463 11186
3467 11186 3469 11193
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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