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AZC021-150200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

510 PM MST THU AUG 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 700 PM MST



* AT 510 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF SACATON. RADAR     

  INDICATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST     

  HOUR NEAR THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROUTES 87 AND 387...JUST NORTHEAST 

  OF SACATON PEAK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. MOTORISTS ON STATE ROUTES 

387 AND 87...AS WELL AS OTHER ROADWAYS FROM SACATON TO JUST WEST OF 

THE CASA GRANDE NATIONAL MONUMENT...ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME 

CAUTION. 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PHOENIX.



LAT...LON 3294 11181 3294 11160 3315 11159 3315 11180



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