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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

945 AM MST SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GREEN VALLEY...MADERA                

  CANYON...CATALINA

  SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA   WESTERN       

  COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA VISTA

  SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NOGALES...PATAGONIA



* UNTIL 1130 AM MST



* AT 930 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED      

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING OVER A LARGE AREA 

  FROM THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS SOUTH TO MADERA CANYON AND JUST EAST   

  OF NOGALES. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL RATES  

  ON THE ORDER OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER        

  THUNDERSTORMS. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN SONOITA REPORTED OVER TWO      

  INCHES OF RAIN FROM STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA BEFORE 9 AM 

  MST. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS WEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. PERSONS  

  IN PARTS OF TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY...AND ORO VALLEY WILL LIKELY SEE 

  STORMS MOVING THROUGH BY 11 AM MST. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAN

  MANUEL...SAHUARITA...ORACLE...MAMMOTH...CAMPO BONITO...BENSON AND

  ALDER CANYON.



REMEMBER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS AREAS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. 



LAT...LON 3135 11109 3135 11044 3135 11012 3229 11016

      3244 11046 3276 11047 3275 11095



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