FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for the Schultz Fire burn area and surrounding communities west of US 89 until 4:15 pm this afternoon.
National Weather Service radar indicated heavy rain over the warned area. As of 2 pm, radar had estimated a half-inch of rain in the area in a 15-minute time span of time.
The following is the warning product from the NWS Flagstaff office in Bellemont.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 211 PM MST THU JUL 29 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... * UNTIL 415 PM MST * AT 201 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE AREA BURNED BY THE SCHULTZ FIRE. RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 145 PM MST OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE BURNED AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM MST. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WUPATKI TRAILS...TIMBERLINE...HUTCHINSON ACRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY TRIGGER FLASH FLOODS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE SCHULTZ FIRE BURN AREA. NORMALLY DRY WASHES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BECOME QUICKLY INUNDATED BY FLOODWATERS. AREAS IMPACTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE THOSE COMMUNITIES ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 89 NORTHEAST OF FLAGSTAFF...INCLUDING THE HUTCHINSON ACRES...TIMBERLINE...WUPATKI TRAILS...AND FERNWOOD NEIGHBORHOODS. AT THIS TIME THE WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DONEY PARK AREA EAST OF HIGHWAY 89.
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