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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

1020 AM MST WED DEC 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PAYSON...PINE...STRAWBERRY...AND

  JAKES CORNER

  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 215 PM MST



* AT 1015 AM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS NEAR PINE AND PAYSON 

  REPORTED LOCAL STREAMS NEARLY BANK FULL WITH MORE PRECIPITATION 

  EXPECTED.



AS MUCH AS 2.4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE EAST VERDE RIVER 

AND PINE AND TONTO CREEK DRAINAGES SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF THE AREA BURNED B THE 

WILLOW FIRE...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 OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 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 3403 11143 3393 11129 3418 11110 3446 11124

      3445 11148 3417 11167 3402 11160



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