Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Phoenix AZ
Issued: 2013-07-24T15:24:03-07:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T18:30:00-07:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 6:30 PM MST. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA…
THIS INCLUDES SYCAMORE CREEK…
* UNTIL 630 PM MST
* AT 321 PM MST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SUNFLOWER BURN AREA. THE RAIN WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT FLOW IN CREEKS AND WASHES ACCOMPANIED BY MUD…ROCKS…
AND DEBRIS. THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BURN AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING OF THE SYCAMORE CREEK DRAINAGE IS IMMINENT AND WILL
IMPACT THE COMMUNITY OF SUNFLOWER…AS WELL AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS
OF FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS. THIS INCLUDES FOREST ROAD 22 SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 87…THE ARIZONA TRAIL…AND BOULDER CREEK.
Instruction: IF YOU ARE NEAR THE BANKS OF SYCAMORE CREEK OR OTHER NEARBY DRAINAGE
AREAS MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS…ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES
IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL TRIGGER MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS…AND
ROCKSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN…ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BURN AREA.
TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT.
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Area Description: Maricopa