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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 302229

FFWTWC

AZC019-310015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

322 PM MST WED AUG 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 515 PM MST



* AT 315 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. OVER AN AREA FROM SANTA ROSA 

SOUTHWEST TO GU VO AND ORGAN PIPE. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1.00 TO 3.00 

INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR HAS AND IS OCCURRING OVER THIS AREA. 

SEVERAL LARGE WASHES SUCH AS THE SANTA ROSA...GU VO...ANEGAM AND GU 

ACHI WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOWS.



LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLOWS 

OF WATER MOVING THROUGH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VENTANA AND

  ANEGAM.



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.



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

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



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3191 11289 3174 11235 3251 11181 3252 11226

      3223 11246 3212 11271 3203 11299



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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000 

WGUS55 KTWC 302229

FFWTWC

AZC019-310015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

322 PM MST WED AUG 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 515 PM MST



* AT 315 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. OVER AN AREA FROM SANTA ROSA 

SOUTHWEST TO GU VO AND ORGAN PIPE. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1.00 TO 3.00 

INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR HAS AND IS OCCURRING OVER THIS AREA. 

SEVERAL LARGE WASHES SUCH AS THE SANTA ROSA...GU VO...ANEGAM AND GU 

ACHI WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOWS.



LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLOWS 

OF WATER MOVING THROUGH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VENTANA AND

  ANEGAM.



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.



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

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



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3191 11289 3174 11235 3251 11181 3252 11226

      3223 11246 3212 11271 3203 11299



$$



WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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