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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

910 PM MST SUN JUL 14 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. THIS INCLUDES    

  THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA.



* UNTIL 11 PM MST



* AT 910 PM MST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS        

  CENTRAL PHOENIX. SEVERAL RAINGAUGES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN      

  PHOENIX...AS WELL AS NORTH SCOTTSDALE...HAVE REPORTED RAINFALLS IN 

  EXCESS OF 1 INCH DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR  

  INDICATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTH 

  PHOENIX AND NORTH SCOTTSDALE. AT 9 PM...A SPOTTER NEAR 60TH STREET 

  AND DYNAMITE...IN THE CAREFREE-CAVE CREEK AREA REPORTED SEVERE     

  STREET FLOODING...WITH WASHES IN THE AREA WELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO 

GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS 

THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG 

STREAMS...WASHES...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PHOENIX.



LAT...LON 3388 11203 3372 11229 3355 11220 3339 11206

          3359 11170 3396 11176

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