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WGUS75 KTWC 142135

FFSTWC




FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ


229 PM MST MON AUG 14 2006





AZC019-142300-


PIMA AZ-


229 PM MST MON AUG 14 2006





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MST FOR


EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...





AT 225 PM MST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING VERY HEAVY 


RAINFALL IN THE SAHUARITA AND RITA RANCH AREAS...AS WELL AS 


REDINGTON PASS AND EAST TUCSON. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES EXCEEDED 2 


INCHES JUST NORTHEAST OF SAHUARITA. DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED ACROSS 


MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH INDIVIDUAL STORM MOVEMENT NEARLY STATIONARY.





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 3181 11107 3185 11065 3244 11056 3251 11070


      3250 11102





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