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AZC019-010600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

855 PM MST SUN JUL 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...VAIL



* UNTIL 1100 PM MST



* AT 850 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS GENERATING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL

  MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH. THE STRONGEST

  STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR VAIL SOUTHWARD TO THE SANTA RITA

  MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  SOUTHEAST TUCSON BY 950 PM MST



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS...WASHES...UNDERPASSES AND SOME ROADWAYS. 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.



LAT...LON 3174 11046 3252 11047 3251 11120 3173 11103



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