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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
105 PM MST WED AUG 20 2003

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR YUMA...SOMERTON...
GADSDEN...WINTERHAVEN...AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST
YUMA COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST IMPERIAL COUNTY UNTIL 3 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT YUMA...
SOMERTON...AND GADSDEN THROUGH 230 PM. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS
OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE
NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

NORMALLY DRY WASHES WILL FILL RAPIDLY...AND SOME STREET FLOODING IS
LIKELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER THE ROAD.

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