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WGUS75 KTWC 291731

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1024 AM MST SAT JUL 29 2006



AZC003-009-019-021-023-291734-

GRAHAM AZ-COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ-PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-

1024 AM MST SAT JUL 29 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 AM MST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PINAL...EASTERN PIMA...NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ...

NORTHWESTERN COCHISE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES...



AT 1025 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY. THEREFORE...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED BY AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY. RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PINAL...EASTERN 

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

GRAHAM COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

SIGNIFICANT FLOWS. NUMEROUS STREETS WERE FLOODED AND CLOSED 

THROUGHOUT THE TUCSON METRO AREA.



ALL WASHES AND STREAMS ACROSS THE TUCSON METRO AREA WILL HAVE 

SIGNIFICANT WATER FLOWS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.



THE ARAVAIPA CREEK WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FLOW AND APPROACH FLOOD 

STAGE NEAR MAMMOTH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WATER WILL CAUSE A 

SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FLOWS IN THE SAN PEDRO RIVER FROM MAMMOTH 

NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 



THE CIENEGA CREEK NEAR SONOITA WILL REMAIN ABOVE BANKFULL THROUGH 

THE DAY.



LAT...LON 3175 11151 3157 11066 3174 11001 3295 11018

      3322 11040 3262 11132



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