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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

312 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005



AZC019-072300-

PIMA AZ-

312 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005



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

PIMA COUNTY...



AT 312 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND 

WESTERN TUCSON...AS WELL AS 5 MILES NORTH OF THREE POINTS. THESE 

STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURED ALONG A LINE FROM SAGUARO NATIONAL 

PARK EAST...TO DAVIS MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE...TO SOUTH TUCSON...TO 

DOWNTOWN TUCSON SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK WEST. RADAR INDICATED A BROAD 

AREA OF ONE INCH OF RAIN ALONG THIS LINE WITH POCKETS OF 1.50 TO 

2.00 INCHES.



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

INCHES AN HOUR. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS HAS RECORDED 1.44 

INCHES IN ONLY 45 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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