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WGUS55 KTWC 240057

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AZC019-240300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

554 PM MST WED AUG 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

   INCLUDING THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA



* UNTIL 800 PM MST



* AT 554 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR A THUNDERSTORM

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON 

  METRO AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN WITH

  THIS CELL 5 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF RYAN FIELD. 



NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED

AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE. MOST FLOOD 

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 



LAT...LON 3205 11114 3214 11095 3234 11113 3226 11126



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