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AZC019-062315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

257 PM MST WED SEP 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA



* UNTIL 415 PM MST



* AT 253 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CATALINA     

  MOUNTAINS. DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING OVER 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN   

  WITH THIS STORM. RAIN GAUGES ON THE CATALINAS INDICATED AMOUNTS    

  AROUND 1 INCH.  



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

  LEMMON/SUMMERHAVEN AND SABINO CANYON. 



FLOOD WATERS WILL LIKELY MOVE DOWN SABINO CANYON WITH A CREST 

EXPECTED TO REACH SABINO DAM BY AROUND 400 PM MST.



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

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



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 3234 11087 3230 11058 3252 11067 3251 11091



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