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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1252 PM MST FRI JUL 7 2006



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...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...GREEN

  VALLEY



* UNTIL 245 PM MST



* AT 1242 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH

  AROUND 5 MPH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH

  PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS.



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

  POINTS AND SAHUARITA



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.



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 3175 11135 3176 11046 3250 11048 3248 11134



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