May God Have Mercy on us!

[azsnowman]

May God Have Mercy on our souls....this is the worst flooding in all my 40 yrs. on this moutain. I have NUMEROUS friends in the town of Carrizo. These damns are located 2 miles to my south, however, I have a damn that feeds "my" creek, you've seen the photos, that is near bursting stage.

Prayers please


http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz

Flash Flood Warning

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
AZC007-017-281645-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.FF.W.0004.080128T1040Z-080128T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
350 AM MST MON JAN 28 2008

COR COOLER TO COOLEE

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR..
EAST CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA..
SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA..

* UNTIL 945 AM MST

* AT 336 AM MST...THE WHITE RIVER POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT THAT DAM
FAILURES ON THE COOLEE AND BOOTLEG DAMS IS IMMINENT. ONCE THE DAMS
HAVE FAILED...FLOOD WATERS WILL TRAVEL DOWN CORDUROY AND CARRIZO
CREEKS...REACHING THE TOWN OF CARRIZO IN ABOUT 2.5 HOURS. FLOOD WATER
DEPTHS OF 10 TO 12 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN CARRIZO.

TO REPEAT...DAM FAILURES ON THE COOLEE AND BOOTLEG DAMS ON CORDUROY
CREEK ARE IMMINENT.

[Texas Snowman]

Praying for you and your fellow Az. residents.

Tx Snowman

[azsnowman]

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers!! WELL...the rain has stopped and it's now nearing BLIZZARD conditions! This is the most screwed up weather I've EVER seen up here!

The evacuation has expanded to others areas of the White Mtn. Apache Rez....the Whiteriver has gone to 20' above flood stage according to scanner traffic, parts of Show Low have been evacuated along Billy Creek...this is bad!

[azsnowman]

FINALLY...the rain has all but stopped and it's snowing like a SOB again! All the flood warnings have expired, rivers are still way above flood stage, Carrizo Creek at the last check is running 7500 cubic feet per second, compared to a NORMAL 200 CFS!!

Supposed to receive over 12" of snow tonight according to some sources, NWS has 8-10" possible, I don't care at this point in time, just as long as it isn't RAIN!!

[Scott Patterson]

We all wish you luck. We're having a blizzard here too, but it's too cold to rain. Rain on top of snow is just nasty. Hope everyone gets out of it OK.

[Aquawind]

I hope they have evacuations already happening if it's truely imminent. 2.5 hours is not all that much time and rarely do things go as expected. Dang drought busting usually sucks at some point.