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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

539 PM MST SAT JUL 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

   THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...GREEN

  VALLEY...

  SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 745 PM MST



* AT 539 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HAVE  

  GRADUALLY DISSIPATED. SOME LINGERING PATCHES OF LIGHT TO MODERATE  

  RAIN CONTINUES...BUT MOST OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...        

  ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DROPPING SOUTH FROM SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF    

  MARICOPA COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHEAST PINAL AND EVENTUALLY CENTRAL    

  PIMA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION. 



  RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM AROUND THE REGION DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS    

  INDICATE TOTALS THAT ARE GENERALLY BETWEEN 0.50 TO 1.5 INCHES FOR  

  THE TUCSON METRO AREA...AND 1.5 TO 3.5 INCHES FOR THE CATALINA     

  FOOTHILLS. SOME SPECIFIC 6 HOUR TOTALS INCLUDE 2.48 INCHES AT      

  VENTANA CANYON WASH AT SUNRISE ROAD...2.72 INCHES AT SWAN ROAD AND 

  CALLE DEL PANTERA...AND 3.03 INCHES AT SABINO CANYON ROAD AT       

  TANQUE VERDE WASH.    



THE GAUGE AT SABINO CANYON DAM IS REPORTING A LEVEL OF NEAR 4 FEET 

WHICH IS ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON THE 

GAUGE AT SABINO CANYON WAS REPORTING 7 FEET WHICH WAS 4 FEET ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE. THE LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE EVENING 

SINCE THE RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...RAPID FLOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 

FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS NEAR SABINO CANYON SHOULD 

EXPECT HIGH RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.  



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3174 11145 3175 11047 3280 11047 3248 11161



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