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WGUS55 KTWC 070217

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AZC019-070315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

713 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...GREEN VALLEY



* UNTIL 815 PM MST



* AT 707 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

  TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

  ACROSS EASTERN PIMA. THIS LINE EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF ORO 

  VALLEY ACROSS THE WEST SIDE OF TUCSON AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO 

  GREEN VALLEY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SOME AREAS ALONG AJO WAY NEAR THE 

  CROSSING INTERCHANGE AND IN SOUTH TUCSON MAY HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 

  ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 615 PM.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3251 11118 3177 11116 3177 11064 3251 11065



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