Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Jan 8, 1993, 9:00 PM MST (04:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 9, 1993, 9:00 AM MST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

Counties Gila County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

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TTAA00 KPHX 082326
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AZC007-013-021-025-091600-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
415 PM MST FRI JAN 8 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA HAS EXTENDED
THE FLOOD WARNING SET TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM MST UNTIL SATURDAY
9 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA

   ...GILA COUNTY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...MARICOPA COUNTY

   ...PINAL COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA

   ...YAVAPAI COUNTY


THIS FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING ISSUED AT 9 AM TODAY.

PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA...WHICH
HAS STOPPED...HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN STREAMFLOW IN
THE MAIN RIVERS AND SMALLER STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WHICH FEED THEM.
FLOODING AND HIGH FLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

MAINSTREAM FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG AREAS OF THE VERDE
RIVER FROM CLARKDALE TO HORSESHOE DAM TODAY.  SOME EVACUATIONS
OF TRAILER PARKS ALONG THE VERDE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WAS REQUIRED
LAST NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY.  AT THE SAME TIME RECORD FLOWS WERE
REPORTED OVERNIGHT ALONG WET BEAVER CREEK..ONE OF THE TRIBUTARIES
TO THE VERDE.  RECORD INFLOWS WERE ALSO REPORTED ALONG THE VERDE
MAIN STEM.  INFLOWS WERE ABOUT 200 THOUSAND CFS..TWICE WHAT HAD   
BEEN THE OLD RECORD.

FLOWS INTO ROOSEVELT LAKE ALONG THE TONTO CREEK WERE IN EXCESS OF
60 THOUSAND CFS AND INUNDATED MANY LOWER LYING AREAS AS WELL
AS CLOSED ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE FLOWS FROM THE TONTO HAVE
HAVE RECEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER SALT RIVER INFLOW REMAINS 
NEAR 100 CFS.

SOME OVERFLOW WAS ALSO REPORTED ALONG THE SAN PEDRO RIVER
NEAR MAMMOTH.  HIGH FLOWS FROM LOCAL RUNOFF ALONG THE GILA RIVER
BELOW COOLIDGE DAM ALSO CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF THE WINKLEMAN
FLATS AREA LAST NIGHT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS... AND
RUNNING WATER OVER ROADWAYS.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RUNNING WATER... DO
NOT BYPASS TRAFFIC BARRICADES TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

RELEASES DOWN THE SALT RIVER THROUGH PHOENIX ARE ABOUT 150 THOUSAND
CFS TODAY.  THIS IS THE HIGHEST FLOW THROUGH THE PHOENIX AREA
SINCE 1980 WHEN FLOWS OF 180 THOUSAND CFS MOVED DOWN THE SALT.
THESE FLOWS HAVE CAUSED EROSION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AROUND THE
UNFINISHED NEW MILL AVENUE BRIDGE... THAT IS THE NEW MILL 
AVENUE BRIDGE.  THE FLOWS HAVE ALSO CLOSED TRAFFIC OVER THE GILBERT
ROAD BRIDGE.  

FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR ABOUT TO OCCUR. MLOVE AWAY FROM
STREAMS AND WASHES.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO AVOID FLOODING
FROM STREAMS OR WASHES.  ON THE HIGHWAYS SLOW DOWN AND KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT AHEAD FOR FLOODING.

TAZ

In the hours before

AZC001-005-017-090530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
727 PM MST FRI JAN 8 1993

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NORTHEAST ARIZONA EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF ARIZONA EXPIRED AT
600 PM MST THIS EVENING. WINDS HAD DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN 25 MPH IN
MOST LOCATIONS AND WILL CONTINUE DECREASING TONIGHT.

TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THERE IS FLOODING ON THE LITTLE COLORADO
RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. UNBRIDGED RIVER CROSSINGS WILL BE IMPASSABLE
AND SOME BRIDGES MAY BE CLOSED. ALSO THERE IS A RISK OF BLACK ICE ON
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 40 IN THE FLAGSTAFF AREA.

TENHARKEL

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