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000 

WGUS75 KTWC 020034

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

528 PM MST SAT JUL 1 2006



AZC019-020130-

PIMA AZ-

528 PM MST SAT JUL 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR 

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACED THE 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON. 



AT 520 PM MST...NUMEROUS REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC AS WELL 

AS FROM TRAINED SPOTTERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORO VALLEY 

...DOVE MOUNTAIN...MARANA...CATALINA FOOTHILLS...SABINO CANYON AND 

THE TUCSON METRO AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TRAINED SPOTTERS WERE 

INDICATING THAT A HALF TO NEAR THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN 

30 MINUTES OR LESS HAD FALLEN. AREAS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECT THE 

MOST WILL BE CATALINA FOOTHILLS...ORO VALLEY AND MARANA.   



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3218 11124 3218 11063 3252 11078 3251 11133



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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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000 

WGUS75 KTWC 020034

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

528 PM MST SAT JUL 1 2006



AZC019-020130-

PIMA AZ-

528 PM MST SAT JUL 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR 

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACED THE 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON. 



AT 520 PM MST...NUMEROUS REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC AS WELL 

AS FROM TRAINED SPOTTERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORO VALLEY 

...DOVE MOUNTAIN...MARANA...CATALINA FOOTHILLS...SABINO CANYON AND 

THE TUCSON METRO AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TRAINED SPOTTERS WERE 

INDICATING THAT A HALF TO NEAR THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN 

30 MINUTES OR LESS HAD FALLEN. AREAS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECT THE 

MOST WILL BE CATALINA FOOTHILLS...ORO VALLEY AND MARANA.   



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3218 11124 3218 11063 3252 11078 3251 11133



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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