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WGUS75 KTWC 080056

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

552 PM MST WED SEP 7 2005



AZC009-080200-

GRAHAM AZ-

552 PM MST WED SEP 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL

GRAHAM COUNTY INCLUDING THE MOUNT GRAHAM BURN AREAS...



AT 546 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE MOUNT 

GRAHAM BURN AREAS. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED DURING THE PAST HOUR. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES AT MARIJILDA 

CANYON INDICATED .94 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 515 PM MST. ALSO 

AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES AT DEADMAN CANYON INDICATED 1.82 INCHES HAD 

FALLEN SINCE 500 PM MST. THESE AMOUNTS SHOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 

FLOWS IN THE MOUNT GRAHAM BURN AREAS AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3263 10986 3259 10971 3269 10972 3278 10971

      3276 10981 3272 10988 3267 10989



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