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AZC019-090000-





BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ


359 PM MST TUE AUG 8 2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...


  WEST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA





* UNTIL 500 PM MST





* AT 355 PM MST...ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL REMAINED OVER THE


  AJO AND WHY AREA IN WESTERN PIMA COUNTY...HOWEVER EARLIER RAINFALL


  AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY RUNOFF


  THROUGH STREAMS...WASHES AND ACROSS SOME ROADS. THUS...THE WARNING


  HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM MST.





EXTREMELY HEAVY BANKFULL FLOW WAS REPORTED IN THE SIKORT CHUAPO WASH 


AT 345 PM MST...APPROACHING 7 FEET IN ONE LOCATION. THIS COULD 


EXCEED FLOOD STAGE IN SOME AREAS NEAR WHY...HIGHWAYS 86...85...AND 


CHILDS.





LAT...LON 3194 11273 3204 11218 3244 11240 3251 11285


      3240 11299





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