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WGUS75 KTWC 140023

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

518 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005



AZC019-140130-

PIMA AZ-

518 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR EAST CENTRAL

PIMA COUNTY...



AT 518 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 86...BETWEEN 

RYAN FIELD AND THREE POINTS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 

MPH. 



ALTHOUGH ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS 

OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG VALENCIA ROAD BETWEEN 

THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND INTERSTATE 19...RAINFALL RUNOFF 

WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY FILL INTO NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS. 



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS FILLED WITH RUNNING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. DO NOT DRIVE 

AROUND BARRICADES. 



LAT...LON 3198 11126 3198 11112 3202 11105 3211 11088

      3217 11096 3225 11097 3216 11127



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