THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... * UNTIL 645 PM MST. * AT 333 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. HAZARD...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. SOURCE...RADAR. IMPACT...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS, CREEKS, NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ROADS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... SUNRISE AND NAVAJO RESERVATION. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS... CANYON DIABLO WASH AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. FLOODING OF WASHES AND CREEKS WILL OCCUR, SOME DIRT ROADS WILL BECOME MUDDY AND IMPASSABLE. PAVED ROADS AND UNDERPASSES COULD BECOME FLOODED AS WELL. IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS AND CREEKS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL. && LAT...LON 3539 11111 3539 11102 3530 11095 3527 11103 3532 11108 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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