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AZC019-231415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

517 AM MST TUE AUG 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA



* UNTIL 715 AM MST



* AT 517 AM MST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS 

  REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA... 

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 0.70 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 

JUST 15 MINUTES NEAR WILMOT AND INTERSTATE 10. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

RUNOFF FROM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ROADWAY 

DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF 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.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY FOR THE 

SAME WARNING AREA.



LAT...LON 3250 11134 3191 11128 3179 11047 3252 11047



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