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AZC019-231600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

659 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 900 AM MST



* AT 659 AM MST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE PRODUCED

  FLASH FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TUCSON

  METRO AREA. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



SEVERAL REPORTS OF STALLED VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED...ESPECIALLY 

ACROSS SOUTH TUCSON. THE STONE UNDERPASS NEAR 6TH STREET...THE 

INTERSECTION OF PARK AND AJO...AND HOUGHTON ROAD SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 

10 TO SAHUARITA ROAD WERE ALL CLOSED.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ALONG AND SOUTH OF VALENCIA ROAD TO 

SAHUARITA ROAD...INCLUDING THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ORO 

VALLEY...CATALINA AND THE CATALINA FOOTHILLS HAVE ALSO RECEIVED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN. AN ESTIMATED 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS ISOLATED LOCATIONS. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY 

WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. 



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. 

NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.



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



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