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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ


645 AM MST THU SEP 7 2006





AZC019-071500-


PIMA AZ-


645 AM MST THU SEP 7 2006





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM MST FOR


EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...





AT 640 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 


INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 


AREA. 1.00 TO 2.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST ONE 


HOUR OVER AREAS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA. SEVERAL WASHES WITHIN THE 


CITY HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT RISES INCLUDING THE CDO AND THE ALAMO 


WASH. A FLOW OF 3 FEET IS BEING SHOWN BY GAUGE REPORTS ON THE ALAMO 


WASH...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NUMEROUS EAST-WEST ROADWAYS FROM 


BROADWAY NORTH TO FORT LOWELL. ROADWAYS MAY HAVE A LIFE THREATENING 


FLOW OF WATER MOVING ACROSS THEM...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING 


WATER.





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.





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.





LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUCSON...ORO


VALLEY AND MARANA





LAT...LON 3176 11115 3175 11059 3249 11059 3250 11137


      3200 11136





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