I'll eat my denim shorts if THIS happens

[azsnowman]

Finally turned to snow around 0200, now, 0506, it's mixing with rain again, major, major flooding here at the house and all over town, the scanner is going insane with flooding calls...PD is out along with FD and the road crew with backhoes trying desperatly to save many areas of the town, this AIN't GOOD, no good at ALL!

Dennis

[simplykristi]

Stay safe, Dennis!

Kristi

[azsnowman]

Thanks Kristi!

NOW....this rain NEEDS to turn to SNOW and QUICK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
FXUS65 KFGZ 041238 AFDFGZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF 535 AM MST TUE JAN 04 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A COLD AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL LINGER ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...A DEEP CLOSED LOW LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN CA CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD THIS MORNING WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN ARIZONA AT THIS TIME. THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD RAPIDLY DROPPING SNOW LEVELS TO NEAR 4500 FEET IN MOST AREAS AS IT DOES SO. COLD FRONT SHOULD BE NEAR FLAGSTAFF BY NOON AND THE NM BORDER BY EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE LAPSE RATES ALLOWING FOR HEAVY POST-FRONTAL CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS IN A VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT. MEANWHILE... PREFRONTAL PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO BE WIDESPREAD AND LOCALLY HEAVY WITH SNOW LEVELS AS HIGH AS THE 7000 FOOT RANGE NEAR THE NM BORDER THIS MORNING AND AS LOW AS 3500 FEET IN WESTERN AZ. AREA STREAMS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THIS MORNING AND A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING IN YAVAPAI...GILA...AND SOUTHWESTERN NAVAJO COUNTIES. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LOW ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF THE RIM CONTINUES AS WELL. FLAGSTAFF AREA HAS GENERALLY 10 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR WITH 8 TO 14 ADDITIONAL EXPECTED INCLUDING PREFRONTAL SHOWERS...HEAVY SNOW WITH THE COLD FRONT LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AND CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE SNOWIEST AREA DURING THIS STORM. REMAINDER OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE SHOWERY AND UNSETTLED THROUGH SATURDAY AND MODELS ADVERTISING YET ANOTHER SYSTEM AROUND NEXT TUESDAY TIMEFRAME.