Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Mar 6, 1995, 8:15 AM MST (15:15 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1995, 2:00 PM MST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

Counties Gila County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
815 AM MST MON MAR 6 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD/
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA

  ...EASTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY
     INCLUDING PRESCOTT...CLARKDALE...CAMP VERDE...CORNVILLE AND
     BRIDGEPORT

IN EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA

  ...NORTHWESTERN GILA COUNTY
     INCLUDING PAYSON

IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA

  ...EXTREME NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY
     INCLUDING NEW RIVER

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WARNING
INCLUDING LOWER OAK CREEK...LOWER DRY BEAVER CREEK...THE VERDE RIVER
FROM CLARKDALE TO CAMP VERDE...THE PAYSON AND PRESCOTT AREAS...AND THE
NEW RIVER AREA.

OAK CREEK AT CORNVILLE HAS EXCEEDED THE FLOW OF RECORD AND WILL CONTINUE
TO RISE SLOWLY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO...INUNDATING ROADS AND AREAS
ADJACENT TO THE CREEK. AT 7 AM THE RIVER WAS AT 19.6 FEET.

DRY BEAVER CREEK WAS REPORTED FLOWING HEAVILY AND WAS THREATENING
HIGHWAY 179 NEAR THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK. THE VERDE RIVER FROM
CLARKDALE TO CAMP VERDE INCLUDING BRIDGEPORT WAS REPORTED RISING
STEADILY AT ALL LOCATIONS WITH LOWER LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER ALREADY
INUNDATED. THIS MAINSTREAM FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MIDDAY TODAY.

IN THE PAYSON AREA...STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS
IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF SEVERAL ROAD
CLOSURES.

IN THE PRESCOTT AREA...NUMEROUS WASHES AND CREEKS...INCLUDING LYNX CREEK
ARE REPORTED FLOWING HEAVY...ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.

THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO AFFECTED THE NEW RIVER AREA IN EXTREME
NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY. HEAVY FLOWS ARE BEING REPORTED ALONG THE NEW
RIVER AND CAVE CREEK.  

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

DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES.

ZICKUS

In the hours before

AZZ008-061500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
555 AM MST MON MAR 06 1995

...RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE GREATER PHOENIX METRO AREA...

RAIN, MODERATE AT TIMES CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE GREATER METRO PHOENIX
AREA THIS MORNING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE
STATE. AS OF 540 AM MST 0.37 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT PHOENIX SKY
HARBOR AIRPORT. ROADS FOR THE MORNING COMUTE WILL BE SLICK AND SOME LOW
ROAD CROSSING MAY BE FULL OF WATER. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LET UP
AROUND MID MORNING.

ALLOW A LITTLE EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO GET TO WORK THIS MORNING...AND JUST
A BIT BIGGER SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE NEXT VEHICLE.

SURVICK

AZZ008-061500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
555 AM MST MON MAR 06 1995

...RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE GREATER PHOENIX METRO AREA...

RAIN, MODERATE AT TIMES CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE GREATER METRO PHOENIX
AREA THIS MORNING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE
STATE. AS OF 540 AM MST 0.37 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT PHOENIX SKY
HARBOR AIRPORT. ROADS FOR THE MORNING COMUTE WILL BE SLICK AND SOME LOW
ROAD CROSSING MAY BE FULL OF WATER. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LET UP
AROUND MID MORNING.

ALLOW A LITTLE EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO GET TO WORK THIS MORNING...AND JUST
A BIT BIGGER SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE NEXT VEHICLE.

SURVICK

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