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WGUS75 KTWC 141723

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1020 AM MST SUN AUG 14 2005



AZC003-019-021-023-141830-

COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ-PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-

1020 AM MST SUN AUG 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM MST FOR SOUTHEASTERN

PINAL...EASTERN AND CENTRAL PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND WESTERN COCHISE 

COUNTIES...



AT 1015 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THREE POINTS TO QUEENS 

WELL WEST OF TUCSON. OTHER FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED 

NEAR GREEN VALLEY AND SAHUARITA SOUTH TO RIO RICO AND TUBAC. 

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

STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL 

PER HOUR. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUCSON...

THREE POINTS...SAN MANUEL...QUEENS WELL...ORO VALLEY... 

ORACLE...MARANA...MAMMOTH...CAMPO BONITO AND ALDER CANYON...AND 

THREE POINTS.



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 INTO FLOODED AREAS.

TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3154 11170 3134 11107 3135 11044 3135 11012

      3229 11016 3244 11046 3276 11047 3272 11161



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