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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

137 PM MST TUE AUG 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE   

  CITY OF WILLIAMS



* UNTIL 330 PM MST



* AT 130 PM MST...SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WILLIAMS... 

OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF BELLEMONT.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS   

NEARLY STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED OVER THIS AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. SPOTTERS 

REPORT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH THIS STORM. WILLAMS POLICE REPORT 

THAT THE MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS WILLIAMS HAVE WATER RISING ON AREA 

ROADWAYS AND LOW CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY PORTIONS OF ROUTE 66.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEPER TERRAIN.



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

FLAGSTAFF.



LAT...LON 3532 11207 3533 11229 3516 11233 3512 11205



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