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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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