WGUS65 KPSR 010810
FFAPSR
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
110 AM MST SAT DEC 1 2007
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LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EHRENBERG...PARKER...BOUSE...
QUARTZSITE...SALOME...SAN LUIS...SOMERTON...YUMA...
FORTUNA FOOTHILLS...DATELAND...TACNA...WELLTON...
COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER...LOST HORSE-KEYS VIEW JTNP...BLYTHE...
CHIRIACO SUMMIT...DESERT CENTER...EAGLE MTN...MIDLAND...BRAWLEY...
CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...GLAMIS...IMPERIAL...AND THE SALTON SEA
110 AM MST SAT DEC 1 2007 /1210 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007/
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. AT MIDNIGHT...RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD
DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ON FRIDAY...AND
NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED OVER SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA OR SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA. THE THREAT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING HAS
LESSENED TO THE POINT THAT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER NECESSARY.
SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS OCCURRED OVER THE WATCH
AREA...AND MOST LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA PICKED UP BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF
RAIN WITH THIS EVENT. LOST HORSE RECEIVED SLIGHTLY MORE THAN ONE INCH
OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM FRIDAY. NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING WERE RECEIVED
...ALTHOUGH THERE WERE REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED AS WELL AS FLOODED
WASHES...OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA.
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NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE PLEASANT...MORRISTOWN...
NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...BUCKEYE...WICKENBURG...CAREFREE...
CAVE CREEK...CHANDLER...FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...
MESA...PEORIA...PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE...GLOBE...
MIAMI...SAN CARLOS...SUPERIOR...ALSO INCLUDING APACHE...
BARTLETT...CANYON...HORSESHOE...ROOSEVELT...AND SAGUARO LAKES...
GILA BEND...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...FLORENCE
110 AM MST SAT DEC 1 2007
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS. IN SOUTH-
CENTRAL ARIZONA...GREATER PHOENIX AREA...NORTHWEST MARICOPA
COUNTY...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY AND
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY.
* UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING
* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM NEAR BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ANOTHER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL COMBINE WITH
ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAIN
OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. THE AIRMASS
WILL BECOME RATHER UNSTABLE AND THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS
FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
* THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...
AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND STREAMS
AND OTHER LOW SPOTS. SOME SUSCEPTIBLE LOCATIONS INCLUDE SOLS
WASH NEAR WICKENBURG...SKUNK CREEK...CAVE CREEK...AND INDIAN
BEND WASH.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF WASHES...CREEKS AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU
ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP A WATCH ON THE WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING
OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.
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BRECKENRIDGE
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