

000 

WGUS55 KTWC 231600

FFWTWC

AZC019-231845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

850 AM MST TUE AUG 23 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...TUCSON...QUEENS WELL...ORO VALLEY...

  MARANA...GREEN VALLEY



* UNTIL 1145 AM MST



* AT 850 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED TO A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN 

OVER THE TUCSON METRO AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN PIMA 

COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TUCSON METRO AREA. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE NOW OCCURRING FROM 

QUEENS WELL TO THREE POINTS.



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 INTERSECTION OF KOLB AND 

ESCALANTE HAS BEEN REPORTED IMPASSABLE. TRAILERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

SURROUNDED BY WATER ALONG OLD NOGALES HIGHWAY NORTH OF SAHUARITA.



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 2.00 

INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. A SIGNIFICANT RISE HAS 

OCCURRED ON THE BRAWLEY WASH DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS WITH SEVERAL 

HOMES POTENTIALLY THREATENED NEAR THREE POINTS.  



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 11166 3189 11159 3179 11047 3250 11047



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 231600

FFWTWC

AZC019-231845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

850 AM MST TUE AUG 23 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...TUCSON...QUEENS WELL...ORO VALLEY...

  MARANA...GREEN VALLEY



* UNTIL 1145 AM MST



* AT 850 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED TO A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN 

OVER THE TUCSON METRO AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN PIMA 

COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TUCSON METRO AREA. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE NOW OCCURRING FROM 

QUEENS WELL TO THREE POINTS.



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 INTERSECTION OF KOLB AND 

ESCALANTE HAS BEEN REPORTED IMPASSABLE. TRAILERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

SURROUNDED BY WATER ALONG OLD NOGALES HIGHWAY NORTH OF SAHUARITA.



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 2.00 

INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. A SIGNIFICANT RISE HAS 

OCCURRED ON THE BRAWLEY WASH DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS WITH SEVERAL 

HOMES POTENTIALLY THREATENED NEAR THREE POINTS.  



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 11166 3189 11159 3179 11047 3250 11047



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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