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AZC019-021-241545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

724 AM MST THU AUG 24 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

  SOUTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 845 AM MST



* AT 715 AM MST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL  

  ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST PINAL AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PIMA     

  COUNTIES. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE  

  AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING WAS WEST OF     

  INTERSTATE 10 AND IMPACTING THE COMMUNITIES OF JACKRABBIT...NORTH  

  KOMELIK...FRIENDLY CORNERS...AND ELOY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE HORSE

  PASS...PICACHO PEAK...PICACHO...COCKLEBUR AND CHUICHU



THIS WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING AT 642 AM MST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3243 11222 3243 11133 3285 11140 3274 11160

      3274 11197 3266 11220



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