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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1009 PM MST SUN JUL 31 2005



AZC019-010600-



PIMA AZ-

1009 PM MST SUN JUL 31 2005



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

PIMA COUNTY...



AT 1005 PM MST...AN AREA OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUED TO GENERATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF 

EASTERN PIMA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NOTED NEAR EAST 

TUCSON...SOUTH CENTRAL TUCSON...AND JUST EAST OF ORACLE. MOVEMENT 

WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.



GAGE REPORTS INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS SO FAR AT AROUND 1/3 OF AN 

INCH IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF TUCSON...WITH 1/2 TO 1 INCH 

REPORTED IN AREAS SOUTHEAST OF TUCSON. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAD 

SOME AREAS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH. ADDED TO RUNOFF FROM SCATTERED AREAS 

OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS...EXPECT FLOODING PROBLEMS IN 

LOCATIONS AROUND EASTERN PIMA COUNTY.



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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