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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 280406

FFWTWC

AZC011-280600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

859 PM MST THU JUL 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENLEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1100 PM MST



* AT 855 PM MST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1.00 TO 3.00 INCHES HAVE 

EFFECTED MUCH OF GREENLEE COUNTY DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. 

SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND STREAM RISES IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER 

MUCH OF THE COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROCK SLIDES AND DEBRIS 

FLOWING ACROSS ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

COUNTY IS DISCOURAGED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO 

NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE 

NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 0.50 INCHES 

OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.



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

MEADOW...CLIFTON...GUTHRIE...MORENCI AND WARD CANYON.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3377 10906 3378 10924 3369 10945 3306 10945

      3284 10924 3279 10906



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 280406

FFWTWC

AZC011-280600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

859 PM MST THU JUL 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENLEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1100 PM MST



* AT 855 PM MST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1.00 TO 3.00 INCHES HAVE 

EFFECTED MUCH OF GREENLEE COUNTY DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. 

SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND STREAM RISES IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER 

MUCH OF THE COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROCK SLIDES AND DEBRIS 

FLOWING ACROSS ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

COUNTY IS DISCOURAGED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO 

NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE 

NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 0.50 INCHES 

OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.



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

MEADOW...CLIFTON...GUTHRIE...MORENCI AND WARD CANYON.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3377 10906 3378 10924 3369 10945 3306 10945

      3284 10924 3279 10906



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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