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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

124 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



AZC019-092100-

PIMA AZ-

124 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN

PIMA COUNTY...



AT 124 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA...ORO VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF NORTH 

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORO 

VALLEY...MARANA...THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE TUCSON METRO 

AREA...SILVERBELL AND PICTURE ROCKS. LOCATIONS ON THE CATALINA 

MOUNTAINS INCLUDE SABINO...VENTANA AND BEAR CANYONS. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF RAINFALL AROUND ONE INCH 

WITH POCKETS OF UP TO 1.50 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

THE CITY OF TUCSON...THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS...ORO VALLEY...THEN 

AREAS NEAR PICTURE ROCKS AND SILVERBELL. 



AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES REPORTED:



1.85 INCHES AT LA CHOLLA AND MOORE ROAD IN ORO VALLEY.

1.18 INCHES AT SABINO CREEK AND 0.91 INCHES ALONG CATALINA HIGHWAY 

ON THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS.

0.83 INCHES AT RILLITO AND DODGE BOUVELARD.

0.87 INCHES AT BEVERLY AVE AND HAWTHORNE.

0.76 INCHES AT THE NWS OFFICE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS.



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TUCSON 

METRO AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR SABINO CANYON AND VENTANA CANYON. 

WASHES WILL HAVE SEVERAL FEET OF FLOWING WATER. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 

FLOODED CITY STREETS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN 

TUCSON.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THROUGH NORMALLY DRY 

WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS FILLED WITH RUNNING 

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. NEVER TRY TO 

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. .



LAT...LON 3211 11201 3218 11050 3250 11052 3247 11200



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