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WGUS55 KTWC 290730

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AZC019-290930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1226 AM MST SAT JUL 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 230 AM MST



* AT 1219 AM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING 

  THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG INTERSTATE 10 NEAR DAVIDSON 

  CANYON. THE RAIN GAUGE NEAR DAVIDSON CANYON RECORDED 1.20 INCHES 

  IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES WHILE A SPOTTER NEAR WILMOT AND INTERSTATE 

  10 RECORDED ONE INCH IN 20 MINUTES. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM IS 

  SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED 

  GROUND THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...ESPECIALLY 

  IN CIENEGA WASH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER   

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE FAR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY..



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3175 11079 3175 11046 3202 11045 3200 11077



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