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WGUS85 KFGZ 072312
FLSFGZ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
412 PM MST SAT SEP 7 2024
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YAVAPAI AZ-
412 PM MST SAT SEP 7 2024
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE PRESCOTT AREA UNTIL 615 PM MST
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...THE PRESCOTT AREA IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 615 PM MST.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN CREEKS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES IS
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. DANGEROUS FLOODING OVER LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 407 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING
TO DECREASE AFTER HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE
ADVISORY AREA, GRANITE CREEK HAS RISEN 4 FEET IN DOWNTOWN
PRESCOTT. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
MILLER CREEK, WILLOW CREEK, BANNON CREEK, BOTTLENECK WASH,
AGUA FRIA RIVER, GRANITE CREEK AND BUTTE CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN
MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PRESCOTT, PRESCOTT VALLEY, WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR, EMBRY-
RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, WATSON LAKE, WILDWOOD
ESTATES, DOWNTOWN PRESCOTT, PRESCOTT REGIONAL AIRPORT, OAK
KNOLL VILLAGE, THUMBE BUTTE, RANCHO VISTA ESTATES, GOLDWATER
LAKE, QUARTZ MOUNTAIN, WILLIAMSON VALLEY, WATSON LAKE PARK,
WHIPPLE, AC WILLIAMS GRANITE CREEK PARK, COURTHOUSE PLAZA,
ACKER PARK AND GOLDWATER LAKE PARK.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RECREATION AREAS AND
CAMPGROUNDS...
WHITE SPAR CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
STATE ROUTE 69 NEAR MILE MARKER 296.
STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 309 AND 322.
STATE ROUTE 89A BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 318 AND 319.
- VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
FLOOD SAFETY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3464 11249 3467 11245 3470 11241 3470 11238
3466 11237 3459 11241 3450 11245 3451 11251
3453 11253 3458 11251
JJ
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