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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

155 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...

   PICTURE ROCKS...SILVERBELL AND THE SABINO...BEAR AND VENTANA

   CANYONS OF THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS.



* UNTIL 500 PM MST



* AT 155 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO

  HOURS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA...

  CATALINA MOUNTAIN AND BETWEEN PICTURE ROCKS AND SILVERBELL. 



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 AND ORO VALLEY INCLUDING THE SABINO...VENTANA AND 

BEAR CANYONS ON THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS. AND BETWEEN PICTURE ROCKS AND 

SILVERBELL. 



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TUCSON 

METRO AREA... IN ADDITION...FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT

COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG THE SABINO...VENTANA AND BEAR CANYONS AS RAINFALL

RUNOFF CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. NORMALLY CRY WASHES 

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

CITY STREETS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TUCSON.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

TUCSON.



LAT...LON 3224 11172 3218 11049 3249 11054 3248 11187



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