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AZC019-021-090715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

915 PM MST TUE AUG 8 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

  SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1215 AM MST



* AT 915 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS GENERATING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER

  THE CATALINA MOUNTAIN...ORO VALLEY AND NORTHWEST TUCSON AREA.

  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAN MANUEL

  AND ORACLE IN SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY...AS WELL AS MOST OF EASTERN

  PIMA COUNTY. WITH THE MOST RECENT RAINFALL IN THE CATALINA

  MOUNTAIN AREA...SABINO CREEK...BEAR CREEK...AND TANQUE VERDE CREEK

  ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES 

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

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3175 11115 3176 11047 3214 11047 3270 11046

      3268 11112 3250 11122



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