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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

305 AM MST TUE SEP 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING BETWEEN LAKE ROOSEVELT AND THE CITY OF GLOBE...

  CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 500 AM MST



* AT 256 AM MST...WEATHER RADAR DETECTED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...

  ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...BETWEEN ROOSEVELT LAKE

  AND THE CITY OF GLOBE. HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN ROUGH TERRAIN WILL

  LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ESPECIALLY

  THOSE DRAINING ACROSS HIGHWAYS 88 AND 188 BETWEEN GLOBE AND

  LAKE ROOSEVELT. 



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 STEEP 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

PHOENIX.



LAT...LON 3309 11087 3347 11104 3347 11120 3374 11144

          3381 11116 3372 11095 3370 11075 3381 11067

          3386 11044 3367 11012



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