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WGUS75 KTWC 070156

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

653 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005



AZC019-070215-

PIMA AZ-

653 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR EASTERN PIMA

COUNTY...



AT 645 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THIS LINE OF 

STORMS EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF ORO VALLEY...ACROSS CENTRAL AND 

WESTERN PARTS OF THE CITY OF TUCSON AND FURTHER SOUTH NEAR SAHUARITA 

AND GREEN VALLEY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE WEST AROUND 10 

MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH AN HOUR 

WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN ALONG AJO WAY JUST WEST OF THE CROSSING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE

INTO FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES. IF THE ROAD AHEAD IS

FLOODED...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3249 11109 3176 11108 3176 11061 3249 11068



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