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000 

WGUS75 KTWC 291359

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

658 AM MST SAT JUL 29 2006



AZC019-021-291500-

PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-

658 AM MST SAT JUL 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM MST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES...



AT 651 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY AND 

EASTERN PIMA COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE 

THAT BETWEEN ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES IN THE CATALINA AND 

RINCON MOUNTAINS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ON 

TOP OF THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO DAYS...WILL LEAD TO 

SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF IN WASHES DRAINING OUT OF THE SURROUNDING 

MOUNTAINS.



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.



LAT...LON 3262 11111 3262 11046 3197 11047 3197 11109



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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000 

WGUS75 KTWC 291359

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

658 AM MST SAT JUL 29 2006



AZC019-021-291500-

PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-

658 AM MST SAT JUL 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM MST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES...



AT 651 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY AND 

EASTERN PIMA COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE 

THAT BETWEEN ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES IN THE CATALINA AND 

RINCON MOUNTAINS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ON 

TOP OF THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO DAYS...WILL LEAD TO 

SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF IN WASHES DRAINING OUT OF THE SURROUNDING 

MOUNTAINS.



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.



LAT...LON 3262 11111 3262 11046 3197 11047 3197 11109



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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