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WGUS75 KTWC 311420

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

720 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006



AZC019-311445-

PIMA AZ-

720 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 715 AM MST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF MODERATE TO 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN PIMA COUNTY. SEVERAL 

CITY STREETS IN THE GREATER TUCSON AREA WERE FLOODED DUE TO LOCAL 

RUNOFF.



ALSO...HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT IN THE CATALINA AND RINCON 

MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS LOCALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF TUCSON HAD RESULTED 

IN HIGH FLOWS IN SOME OF THE LARGER WASHES AND RIVERS IN TUCSON. 

BOTH THE TANQUE VERDE CREEK AND THE RILLITO RIVER WERE EXPERIENCING 

HIGH FLOWS THIS MORNING. AT DODGE BLVD AND THE RILLITO...THE RIVER 

WAS ABOUT 2 FEET BELOW THE SIDE EMBANKMENT. SOME MINOR FLOODING 

ALONG THE UPPER PART OF THE RILLITO MIGHT BE POSSIBLE THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS.  



AREAS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 

THE MORNING COMMUTE.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID DRIVING INTO 

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. REMEMBER...THE WATER DEPTH 

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3243 11053 3232 11125 3180 11101 3179 11048



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