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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

810 PM MST MON JUL 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ORO VALLEY...



* UNTIL 945 PM MST



* AT 803 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES 

REPORTED IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ONLY 30 MINUTES

TIME. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE REPORTED 1.81 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

AT THE CANADA DEL ORO WASH AND BIG WASH. 



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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES AND REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3229 11101 3242 11088 3251 11096 3251 11123



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