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000 

WGUS75 KTWC 311559

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

850 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006



AZC019-311630-

PIMA AZ-

850 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM MST FOR

EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 842 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. THE 

RILLITO RIVER IS NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING. AT DODGE BLVD...THE 

RILLITO...WAS NEAR FLOOD STAGE. FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER PART OF THE 

RILLITO WILL BE LIKELY THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 

THE SABINO CANYON AND BEAR CREEK AREAS HAVE DROPPED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1.00 TO 2.00 INCHES OVER THE PAST ONE HOUR. THIS HAS CAUSED A 

RAPID RISE IN THE SABINO AND BEAR CANYON CREEKS...WITH SEVERAL HOMES 

IMPACTED BY RISING WATER. ADDITIONAL HEAVY FLOWS FROM THIS STORM 

WILL CAUSE A FURTHER SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE AGUA CALIENTE 

WASH...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE WASH FROM SOLDIER 

TO HOUGHTON RD. OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUCSON AND

ORO VALLEY



LAT...LON 3252 11048 3251 11102 3175 11095 3176 11048



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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000 

WGUS75 KTWC 311559

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

850 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006



AZC019-311630-

PIMA AZ-

850 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM MST FOR

EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 842 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. THE 

RILLITO RIVER IS NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING. AT DODGE BLVD...THE 

RILLITO...WAS NEAR FLOOD STAGE. FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER PART OF THE 

RILLITO WILL BE LIKELY THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 

THE SABINO CANYON AND BEAR CREEK AREAS HAVE DROPPED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1.00 TO 2.00 INCHES OVER THE PAST ONE HOUR. THIS HAS CAUSED A 

RAPID RISE IN THE SABINO AND BEAR CANYON CREEKS...WITH SEVERAL HOMES 

IMPACTED BY RISING WATER. ADDITIONAL HEAVY FLOWS FROM THIS STORM 

WILL CAUSE A FURTHER SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE AGUA CALIENTE 

WASH...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE WASH FROM SOLDIER 

TO HOUGHTON RD. OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUCSON AND

ORO VALLEY



LAT...LON 3252 11048 3251 11102 3175 11095 3176 11048



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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