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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

634 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2007



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COCHISE AZ-PIMA AZ-

634 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN PIMA AND NORTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES...



AT 627 PM MST...RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTERS REPORTS INDICATE FROM   

1.00 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE EASTERN AND 

NORTHERN HALF OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA...WHICH WILL CAUSE MANY LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS OVER THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY TO 

BE IMPASSIBLE. THE ALAMO WASH WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOW DURING 

THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURED ROUGHLY 

FROM DAVIS MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE NORTH TO THE CATALINA FOOTHILLS. 

WITH ANOTHER HEAVY AREA ALONG ORACLE ROAD FROM INA TO ORO VALLEY AND 

NORTH TO CATALINA...WHERE 1.00 TO 3.00 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER THE 

PAST HOUR. SIGNIFICANT FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE CANADA DEL ORO 

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



ALL WASHES IN THESE HEAVY RAINFALL AREAS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOWS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUCSON AND

ORO VALLEY



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.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORO VALLEY



LAT...LON 3218 11092 3215 11086 3218 11026 3243 11021

      3243 11047 3252 11047 3251 11085 3251 11113



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