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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

729 AM MST TUE AUG 23 2005



AZC019-231600-

PIMA AZ-

729 AM MST TUE AUG 23 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM MST FOR EASTERN PIMA

COUNTY...



AT 722 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS 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. AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

LOCATED BETWEEN SILVERBELL AND THREE POINTS...WHERE UP TO 1.00 INCH 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE A RISE IN THE 

BRAWLEY WASH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG 

ROUTE 86 FROM TUCSON TO THREE POINTS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED. 



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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



LAT...LON 3250 11156 3189 11147 3179 11047 3252 11047



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