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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

326 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006



AZC019-311115-

PIMA AZ-

326 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 319 AM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN PIMA COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING 

IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN SEVERAL SPOTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF 

TUCSON...ESPECIALLY IN THE TANQUE VERDE AREA WHERE UP TO TWO AND A 

HALF INCHES FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING. A SECOND AREA OF CONCERN IN 

RINCON CREEK WHICH DRAINS INTO THE PANTANO WASH. OVER AN INCH AND A 

HALF FELL IN THIS AREA AND THE RIVER GAGE INDICATED A FIVE AND A 

HALF FOOT RISE IN THE WATER. THIS WALL OF WATER WILL MOVE ACROSS OLD 

SPANISH TRAIL ROAD AND THEN CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM INTO THE PANTANO 

WASH WHICH HAS SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



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.



NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED 

AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.



LAT...LON 3208 11068 3210 11055 3233 11064 3231 11078



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