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AZC019-020215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

554 PM MST SAT JUL 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 715 PM MST



* AT 547 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 MOUNTAIN   

  VILLAGE...COVERED WELLS AND SAN SIMON VILLAGE. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT THIS 

STORM WAS PRODUCING IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. THIS 

ESTIMATE IS PROBABLY A BIT TOO HIGH...BUT AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE 

AND HALF INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL 

LIKELY OCCUR IN THE SAN SIMON WASH. 



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.



NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED

AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.



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 3189 11198 3218 11196 3228 11237 3193 11237



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