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Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 6:47PM MST until September 27 at 10:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

Description

FFWPSR

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...

* Until 1000 PM MST.

* At 647 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall
amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, North Mountain Park,
Piestewa Peak Park, Deer Valley Airport, Desert Ridge Marketplace,
Metro Center, Camelback Mountain and Arizona State Fairgrounds.

This includes the following highways...
AZ Route 202 between mile markers 1 and 2.
AZ Route 101 between mile markers 22 and 31.
AZ Interstate 17 between mile markers 205 and 214.
AZ Route 51 near mile marker 1...and
between mile markers 10 and 15...and
between mile markers 2 and 4.
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 144 and 148.
AZ Route 303 between mile markers 138 and 139.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
Apache Wash, Indian Bend Wash, Cave Creek, Skunk Creek, New River
and Salt River.

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

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