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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

627 PM MST THU JUN 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

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

  SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 800 PM MST



* AT 623 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS      

  FROM SOUTH OF PICACHO PEAK AND FRIENDLY CORNERS SOUTHWARD TO       

  SILVER BELL AND QUEENS WELL...AND EASTWARD ACROSS INTERSTATE 10 TO 

  ORO VALLEY AND DOVE MOUNTAIN. 



FLOOD WATERS WILL MOVE DOWN BIG WASH...BUT MOST OF THE WATER THAT 

HAS FALLEN WITH THESE STORMS WILL FLOW OFF THE TORTOLITA MOUNTAINS 

INTO GUILD WASH AND WILL FLOW TOWARDS INTERSTATE 10 AND THE CENTRAL 

ARIZONA PROJECT AQUEDUCT. THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF 

WATER JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 10 IN THE VICINITY OF OWL HEAD RANCH 

ROAD...GRAND VALLEY ROAD...DAVIS RANCH ROAD...MINUTEMAN DRIVE AND 

ESTANCIA ROAD. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING FOR 

AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF QUEENS 

WELL...SILVER BELL...PICTURE ROCKS AND SAQUARO NATIONAL PARK WEST. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3222 11169 3213 11138 3231 11090 3274 11094

      3267 11159



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