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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 301112

FFWTWC

AZC019-301400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

407 AM MST SUN JUL 30 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



* UNTIL 700 AM MST



* AT 358 AM MST...HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THREE POINTS TO REDINGTON. THESE 

  STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES 

  NEAR THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS HAVE RECORDED BETWEEN A HALF AN INCH 

  TO AN INCH OR RAIN IN LESS THAN A HOUR. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY 

  SATURATED AFTER THREE DAYS OF RAIN...NOT MUCH RAIN IS NEEDED FOR 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CANADA DEL ORO WASH 

  AND IN SABINO CANYON.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  SAHUARITA BY 500 AM MST

  GREEN VALLEY BY 520 AM MST



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

OR IS IMMINENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3250 11129 3253 11047 3173 11046 3174 11117

      3212 11139



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 301112

FFWTWC

AZC019-301400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

407 AM MST SUN JUL 30 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



* UNTIL 700 AM MST



* AT 358 AM MST...HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THREE POINTS TO REDINGTON. THESE 

  STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES 

  NEAR THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS HAVE RECORDED BETWEEN A HALF AN INCH 

  TO AN INCH OR RAIN IN LESS THAN A HOUR. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY 

  SATURATED AFTER THREE DAYS OF RAIN...NOT MUCH RAIN IS NEEDED FOR 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CANADA DEL ORO WASH 

  AND IN SABINO CANYON.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  SAHUARITA BY 500 AM MST

  GREEN VALLEY BY 520 AM MST



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

OR IS IMMINENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3250 11129 3253 11047 3173 11046 3174 11117

      3212 11139



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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