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AZC019-020100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

359 PM MST MON AUG 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 600 PM MST



* AT 355 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF WHY

  AND JUST EAST OF AJO. IN ADDITION ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED

  ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF AJO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE

  NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RAINFALL ESTIMATES EXCEEDED 2 INCHES IN

  SOME LOCATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY

  85 CLOSED BETWEEN MILE POST 60 AND 80.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ARE OTHERWISE EXPECTED TO REMAIN

  OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS WESTERN PIMA COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.



LAT...LON 3214 11330 3201 11301 3199 11269 3250 11244

      3251 11328



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