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WGUS55 KTWC 112343

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AZC011-120145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

440 PM MST THU AUG 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GREENLEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 645 PM MST



* AT 432 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE VICINITY OF 

  CLIFTON. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ALONG 

  HIGHWAY 191 NEAR CLIFTON WHICH MAY CAUSE POSSIBLE ROCK SLIDES. 

  WARD CANYON HAS ALSO RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACCORDING TO 

  DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLIFTON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

TUCSON.



LAT...LON 3298 10940 3297 10929 3297 10917 3305 10906

      3315 10907 3316 10925 3312 10939



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