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WGUS55 KTWC 161659

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AZC019-161830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

949 AM MST WED AUG 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...GREEN

  VALLEY



* UNTIL 1130 AM MST



* AT 949 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS ALONG INTERSTATE 19 SOUTH OF 

INTERSTATE 10 AND IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA CATALINA 

MOUNTAINS. 



RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL FILL NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ESPECIALLY THE 

ARCADIA AND ALAMO WASHES WITH RUNNING WATER. IN ADDITION...STREET 

FLOODING WILL LIKELY MAKE SOME ROADS IN TUCSON IMPASSABLE.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES ACROSS THE TUCSON METRO AREA REPORTED THE 

FOLLOWING AMOUNTS...



A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER NEAR SPEEDWAY AND CRAYCROFT REPORTED 2.50 

INCHES OF RAIN...

BEVERLY AVENUE AND HAWTHORNE STREET REPORTED 1.61 INCHES...

IRVINGTON AND PANTANO ROAD HAS REPORTED 1.42 INCHES...

CDO WASH NEAR SADDLEBROOKE REPORTED 1.02 INCHES...

ORACLE RIDGE REPORTED 0.87 INCHES...

SUNRISE ROAD AT VENTANA CANYON WASH REPORTED 0.83 INCHES...

GOLF LINKS AND KOLB REPORTED 0.79 INCHES...

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 0.72 INCHES...

CONTINENTAL AND THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER REPORTED 0.67 INCHES...

AND SABINO CANYON DAM HAD REPORTED 0.63 INCHES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3250 11150 3173 11126 3175 11053 3249 11052



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