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WGUS85 KTWC 161439
FLSTWC

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
739 AM MST MON SEP 16 2013

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GRAHAM AZ-GREENLEE AZ-
739 AM MST MON SEP 16 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE

* HYDROLOGIC ADVISORY FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN...
  CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAFFORD...
  SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM MST MONDAY

* AT 730 AM MST HEAVY FLOW CONTINUED ON THE GILA RIVER IN NEW MEXICO 
WITH BOTH REDROCK AND VIRDEN NEAR BANKFULL. HEAVY FLOW WILL CONTINUE 
TO PUSH DOWNSTREAM INTO ARIZONA PORTIONS OF THE GILA RIVER TODAY AND 
TONIGHT. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE AND CONTINUED ELEVATED 
FLOW DRAINING FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO RIVER INTO THE GILA RIVER...THE 
FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THE GILA RIVER AT DUNCAN IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE BANKFULL 
AROUND NOON TODAY...AND CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 18.1 FEET OR 
13000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE IS 19.5 
FEET. THE GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON IS EXPECTED TO CREST TONIGHT 
FOLLOWED BY A CREST NEAR CALVA EARLY TOMORROW. THE GILA RIVER IS NOT 
EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE AT THIS TIME IN THESE LOCATIONS. 

             FLD   OBSERVED         FORECAST 7AM     
LOCATION     STG   STG  DAY TIME    TUE    WED    THU

UPPER GILA
  DUNCAN     19.5  13.2 MON 06 AM   16.2   12.8   10.2
  CALVA      20.0   8.3 MON 06 AM   15.2   13.0   11.4
  SOLOMON    17.0  13.7 MON 06 AM   14.6   11.5   10.3


LAT...LON 3307 10929 3291 10916 3272 10905 3266 10905
      3272 10915 3290 10924 3295 10935 3281 10956
      3281 10972 3293 10992 3306 11004 3316 11024
      3324 11024 3311 10999 3297 10986 3286 10968
      3286 10959

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