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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

730 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

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...GREEN

  VALLEY

  SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  NORTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

  SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

  NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1030 AM MST



* AT 724 AM MST...FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

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...EASTERN PIMA 

COUNTY...NORTHERN SANTA CRUZ...NORTHWESTERN COCHISE AND SOUTHWESTERN 

GRAHAM COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE 

THAT BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. 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. NUMEROUS STREETS WERE FLOODED AND CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE 

TUCSON METRO AREA.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE SABINO CREEK AND WILL THREATEN 

HOMES...PERSONS IN THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS NEAR SABINO CREEK SHOULD 

SEEK HIGHER GROUND. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.0 TO 2.0 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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 11151 3157 11066 3174 11001 3295 11018

      3262 11132



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