719  
WGUS55 KPSR 170424  
FFWPSR  
AZC007-170830-  
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ  
924 PM MST THU JUL 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...  
 
* UNTIL 130 AM MST.  
 
* AT 924 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN  
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF  
0.25 TO 1.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING  
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,  
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
TONTO BASIN AND PUNKIN CENTER.  
 
THIS INCLUDES AZ ROUTE 188 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 262.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3390 11129 3390 11136 3376 11130 3375 11125  
3376 11122 3381 11122 3387 11125  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 
 
 
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