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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

930 PM MST SUN JUL 31 2005



AZC019-010600-

PIMA AZ-

930 PM MST SUN JUL 31 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM MST FOR EASTERN PIMA

COUNTY...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM MST FOR 

EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...





AT 925 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF EXTREMELY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 

EXTENDING FROM NEAR VAIL...TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUCSON...TO JUST 

EAST OF SAHUARITA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES WERE 

ABOUT 1/2 INCH IN UNDER 20 MINUTES...WITH TOTALS FROM THIS STORM 

EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM .5 TO 1.5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...EXPECT 

DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS.



STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE 

NEAR...

  SAHUARITA BY 940 PM MST

  SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHCENTRAL 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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