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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

238 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005



AZC019-072300-

PIMA AZ-

238 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM MST FOR EAST CENTRAL

PIMA COUNTY...



AT 238 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUCSON...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. OTHER 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ARE 

LOCATED FROM CENTRAL TUCSON TO THE TUCSON MOUNTAINS.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES REPORTED THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED A 

HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IN ONLY 15 MINUTES IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE 

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA...VAIL AND 

RYAN FIELD. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY 

DRY WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE 

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

FLOODED...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIMA COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM 

MST THIS EVENING.



LAT...LON 3197 11121 3194 11046 3234 11046 3237 11120



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