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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

301 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005



AZC019-072300-

PIMA AZ-

301 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005



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

PIMA COUNTY...



AT 301 PM MST...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS

REPORTED.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TUCSON...MOVING WEST AT 15

MPH.



THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES...NEAR 2 TO 3 

INCHES AN HOUR. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS HAS RECORDED 1.21 

INCHES IN ONLY 30 MINUTES. THIS WILL RESULT IN MANY IMPASSABLE 

ROADWAYS ACROSS THE CITY OF TUCSON AND RAPID FLASH FLOODING OF MOST 

WASHES. RAPID RUNOFF WILL ALSO PICK UP SIGNIFICANT SURFACE DEBRIS 

AND BRING THEM INTO SURFACE ROADWAYS.  



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

ENTIRE 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 TO FLOOD. 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.



LAT...LON 3203 11138 3201 11048 3234 11046 3240 11130



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