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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

759 PM MST WED AUG 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 1000 PM MST



* AT 754 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR. NATIONAL 

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 

BETWEEN VAIL AND GREEN VALLEY. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS 

INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2.00 INCHES OVER THE PAST HOUR. LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS ALONG OLD SPANISH TRAIL...COLOSSAL CAVE ROAD AND 

HOUGHTON ROAD SOUTH OF VAIL WILL HAVE FLOWING AND PONDED WATER. 

WASHES IN THIS AREA WERE MOVING ABOVE BANKFULL.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM ELGIN TO SONOITA TO 

MADERA CANYON. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE FROM 1.00 TO 3.00 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. PORTIONS OF ROUTE 82 

AND THE LOWER AND UPPER ELGIN ROADS WILL HAVE FLOWING AND PONDED 

WATER NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ADDITIONALLY...FLOW WILL OCCUR DOWN 

MADERA CANYON.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAIL AND 

CORONA DE TUCSON.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES AND REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3150 11097 3139 11070 3148 11046 3203 11046

      3211 11075 3203 11096



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