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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

819 AM MST SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA VISTA

  EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 945 AM MST



* AT 815 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL    

  WEATHER SPOTTERS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY HAVE REPORTED 

  HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH. 



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

  KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK AND FAIRBANK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3134 11014 3165 11009 3200 11037 3200 11066

      3157 11068 3134 11058



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