* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA…

* AT 11:18 AM MST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE IRON SPRINGS AREA THROUGH PRESCOTT AND SOUTHEASTWARD TO MAYER. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF GREATER THAN 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
YAVAPAI CAMPGROUND…MAYER…WALKER…INDIAN HILL WEST PRESCOTT… GROOM CREEK SUBDIVISION…PRESCOTT…PRESCOTT VALLEY… PONDEROSA PARK…PRESCOTT GATEWAY MALL…POLAND JUNCTION… IRON SPRINGS…YAVAPAI COUNTY COURTHOUSE PRESCOTT… OAK KNOLL VILLAGE…UPPER WOLF CREEK GROUP CAMPGROUND… LOWER WOLF CREEK CAMPGROUND… WHITE SPAR CAMPGROUND AND LYNX LAKE DAM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…GRANITE CREEK…TURKEY CREEK…BIG BUG CREEK…TONTO WASH…SKULL VALLEY WASH…AND MAY OTHER AREA STREAMS AND DRAINAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS… HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS, ONLY A FEW INCHES OF WATER CAN WASH AWAY VEHICLES OR TAKE YOU OFF YOUR FEET. TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN.