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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

352 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUCSON



* UNTIL 545 PM MST



* AT 352 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON 

  METRO AREA. 



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 THEN TO  SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK WEST. WEATHER SERVICE 

RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH ALONG 

THIS LINE...WITH POCKETS OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES.



THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS HAS RECORDED 1.61 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS. THE STONE UNDERPASS IN DOWNTOWN IS 

FLOODED. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN RENDERED IMPASSABLE ACROSS 

THE CITY OF TUCSON...AND RAPID FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN MOST 

WASHES ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF TOWN. RAPID RUNOFF WILL ALSO 

PICK UP SIGNIFICANT SURFACE DEBRIS AND BRING THEM INTO SURFACE 

ROADWAYS.  



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 3205 11081 3206 11047 3228 11047 3234 11105

      3227 11135 3210 11145 3205 11109



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