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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

353 PM MST WED SEP 6 2006



AZC019-062315-

PIMA AZ-

353 PM MST WED SEP 6 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 347 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING SABINO CANYON. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT 

LEMMON/SUMMERHAVEN...SABINO CANYON AND SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.



FLOOD WATERS WILL MOVE DOWN SABINO CANYON WHICH WILL CREST AT SABINO 

DAM BY AROUND 400 PM MST. IN ADDITION...A STORM ALSO DEVELOPED NEAR 

SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST AND HAS SINCE MOVED TOWARD THE EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA. RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT THIS 

STORM IS PRODUCING AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES ON THE FAR 

EAST SIDE OF TUCSON AND NORTH OF SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST. AMOUNTS 

OVER AN INCH ARE INDICATED A BIT FARTHER WEST...CLOSER TO TOWN. 



SOME RECENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM GAUGES AROUND THE AREA INCLUDE:



MOUNT LEMMON                     1.06 INCHES...

SAMANIEGO                        0.71 INCHES...

TANQUE VERDE GUEST RANCH         0.63 INCHES...

MOUNT LEMMON HWY & MILE POST 3   0.51 INCHES...

SPOTTER ON REDINGTON ROAD        0.80 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. MOVE 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 3215 11087 3208 11060 3229 11057 3239 11058

      3244 11069 3246 11092 3225 11094



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