Flood advisory and update - National Weather Service latest

It's continuing to be unusually wet in the Yuma area - Here is the latest forecast information from the National Weather Service:

.NOW...
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL WILL BE GRADUALLY ENDING OVER SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF IMPERIAL COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH.HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

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528 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN IMPERIAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MARTINEZ LAKE...CALEXICO...
  SOUTHEASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...
  WESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YUMA...SOMERTON...GADSDEN...FORTUNA
  FOOTHILLS...
  SOUTHWESTERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...

* UNTIL 715 PM PST/815 PM MST/

* AT 521 PM PST/621 PM MST/ WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WERE PRESENT OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IMPERIAL COUNTY AND WESTERN YUMA COUNTY.
RAINFALL RATES WERE GENERALLY ON THE LIGHT SIDE WITH ACCUMULATIONS
LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH SINCE 530 PM. HOWEVER SOME LOCATIONS SUCH
AS THE FORTUNA FOOTHILLS PICKED UP MORE THAN ONE HALF INCH OF
RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR. THE OFFICIAL GAGE AT YUMA REPORTED MORE THAN
ONE INCH OF RAIN FOR THE DAY. DUE TO THE HEAVIER RAIN THAT OCCURRED
EARLIER TODAY...LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF RAIN THIS EVENING WILL BE
SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLOODING OF AREA ROADS...UNDERPASSES...WASHES
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND FLOODING ISSUES WILL LIKELY AFFECT
AREAS EAST OF IMPERIAL AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY INCLUDING
THE COMMUNITY OF YUMA. IN ADDITION THERE MAY BE SOME FLOODING ALONG
THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING BUT
THERE WILL STILL BE PROBLEMS WITH WATER OVER THE ROADS...AS WELL AS
RUNNING WASHES...THROUGH AT LEAST 830 PM THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND STREAMS WILL
SUDDENLY HAVE RUNNING WATER. UNBRIDGED CROSSINGS MAY BECOME
HAZARDOUS. THERE WILL BE PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND LOW SPOTS
CAUSING TRAFFIC TO BE IMPEDED. IF YOU ENCOUNTER PONDING OR FLOWING
WATERS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
352 PM MST TUE DEC 13 2011

AZZ020>023-025>028-CAZ031-033-141215-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-IMPERIAL COUNTY-
352 PM MST TUE DEC 13 2011 /252 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL
ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AS A COLD AND WET PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND
ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...PRIMARILY IN EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW
SPOTS ON ROADS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
NORMALLY DRY WASHES IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF
PHOENIX.

IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED AREA...TURN AROUND AND FIND A SAFE WAY TO
YOUR DESTINATION.

PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND
ENCOUNTER DENSE FOG...SLOW DOWN AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. IF YOU
PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD...PUT YOUR VEHICLE IN PARK...TAKE
YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND TURN YOUR LIGHTS ALL THE WAY OFF. ONLY
THE EMERGENCY FLASHER LIGHTS SHOULD BE USED WHEN YOUR VEHICLE HAS
PULLED OFF THE ROAD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ALSO THURSDAY MORNING.
IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND ENCOUNTER DENSE FOG...SLOW DOWN AND USE ONLY
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. IF YOU PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD...PUT
YOUR VEHICLE IN PARK... TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND TURN YOUR
LIGHTS ALL THE WAY OFF. ONLY THE EMERGENCY FLASHER LIGHTS SHOULD BE
USED WHEN YOUR VEHICLE HAS PULLED OFF THE ROAD.