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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 161457

FFWTWC

AZC019-161700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

754 AM MST WED AUG 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1000 AM MST



* AT 751 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE EASTERN 

  PORTION OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA. RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL RATES 

  RANGED FROM 1.25 TO 2.0 INCHES PER HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN 

  TUCSON.   



FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SABINO   

  CANYON...SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST...AND THE CATALINA FOOTHILLS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3220 11091 3201 11048 3209 11046 3219 11045

      3237 11056 3243 11080 3240 11092



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 161457

FFWTWC

AZC019-161700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

754 AM MST WED AUG 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1000 AM MST



* AT 751 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE EASTERN 

  PORTION OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA. RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL RATES 

  RANGED FROM 1.25 TO 2.0 INCHES PER HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN 

  TUCSON.   



FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SABINO   

  CANYON...SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST...AND THE CATALINA FOOTHILLS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3220 11091 3201 11048 3209 11046 3219 11045

      3237 11056 3243 11080 3240 11092



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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