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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

809 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005



AZC019-021-250330-

PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-

809 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN

PINAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTIES...



AT 803 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. 

THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 

LOCATED JUST EAST OF HICKIWAN TO NEAR SANTA ROSA. THE STORMS ARE NOW 

MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



EARLIER THIS EVENING REPORTS INDICATED THAT SOME FLOODING HAD 

OCCURRED IN SANTA ROSA. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

TUCSON.



LAT...LON 3216 11242 3219 11179 3273 11160 3273 11226

      3238 11240



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