FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 407 AM MST SUN DEC 06 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MARICOPA...NORTHERN PINAL...AND SOUTHERN GILA
COUNTIES FROM 5 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 AM MST TUESDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A...
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING MARICOPA...SOUTHERN GILA...AND NORTHERN
PINAL COUNTIES. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE GREATER PHOENIX
AREA...WICKENBURG...AREAS NEAR CAVE CREEK AND CAREFREE...FOUNTAIN
HILLS...APACHE JUNCTION...FLORENCE...COOLIDGE...THE SALT RIVER
RECREATIONAL LAKES...LAKE ROOSEVELT...SAN CARLOS...AND AREAS NEAR
GLOBE MIAMI.
* FROM 5 PM MST TODAY THROUGH 11 AM MST TUESDAY MORNING.
* A STRONG COLD WET PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE REGION
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN POTENTIAL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT
OVER THE MOUNTAINS NORTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX. ESTIMATED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL
APPROACH 2 INCHES...RAISING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOOD OR FLASH
FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND CREEKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF WASHES...CREEKS AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
BE ISSUED.
STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE LATEST FORECASTS BY LISTENING TO WEATHER RADIO
ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ON THE INTERNET AT
WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
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