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WGUS75 KFGZ 200317
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
817 PM MST WED AUG 19 2026
AZC007-025-200445-
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GILA AZ-YAVAPAI AZ-
817 PM MST WED AUG 19 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR GILA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES...
AT 817 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENDED
OVER THE FOSSIL CREEK DRAINAGE. THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING
PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN UPSTREAM OF FOSSIL CREEK, WITH 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES
ESTIMATED BY RADAR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FOSSIL CREEK WATERFALL, THE TOILET BOWL, FOSSIL CREEK DAY USE AREA
AND FOSSIL SPRINGS WILDERNESS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SWIMMING HOLES...
ALL SWIMMING HOLES AND WATERFALLS ON FOSSIL CREEK AND FOSSIL CREEK
DAM "THE TOILET BOWL".
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
FOSSIL CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING OF WASHES AND CREEKS WILL OCCUR, SOME DIRT ROADS WILL BECOME
MUDDY AND IMPASSABLE. PAVED ROADS AND UNDERPASSES COULD BECOME
FLOODED AS WELL.
GET OUT OF WASHES AND CREEKS IF YOU ARE CAMPING OR HIKING! FLOODING
IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT AND WILL INUNDATE CREEKS AND WASHES.
LAT...LON 3447 11157 3446 11160 3444 11162 3441 11162
3439 11167 3436 11166 3438 11165 3441 11160
3443 11155 3447 11156
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JJ
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