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WGUS75 KTWC 070243

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

741 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005



AZC019-070315-

PIMA AZ-

741 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM MST FOR EASTERN PIMA

COUNTY...



AT 733 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE TUCSON METRO 

AREA. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM CATALINA THROUGH ORO VALLEY TO THE 

TUCSON MOUNTAINS THEN TO AREAS WEST OF GREEN VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN CATALINA AND ORO VALLEY AND ALSO NEAR THE 

TUCSON MOUNTAINS.



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 

FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.



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



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