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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

527 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUCSON...

  WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 730 PM MST



* AT 524 PM MST...RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTERS REPORTS INDICATE FROM 

  1.00 TO 2.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE EAST AND     

  SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA...WHICH WILL CAUSE MANY 

  LOW WATER CROSSINGS OVER THE THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST PORTION OF THE 

  CITY TO BE IMPASSIBLE. THE RODEO AND ALAMO WASHES WILL HAVE        

  SIGNIFICANT FLOW DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 



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

  TUCSON AND CATALINA FOOTHILLS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3211 11099 3197 11094 3199 11019 3226 11013

      3231 11099



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