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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

835 PM MST WED AUG 1 2007



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SANTA CRUZ AZ-PIMA AZ-

835 PM MST WED AUG 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA AND EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES...



AT 830 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR. NATIONAL 

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 

BETWEEN VAIL AND SAHUARITA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS 

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

WATER CROSSINGS ALONG COLOSSAL CAVE ROAD...HOUGHTON ROAD SOUTH OF 

INTERSTATE 10...WENTWORTH ROAD AND SAHUARITA ROAD WILL HAVE 

SIGNIFICANT FLOWING AND PONDED WATER. ALL WASHES IN THIS AREA WILL 

BE ABOVE BANKFULL. 



ADDITIONALLY THE PANTANO WASH FROM VAIL TO TUCSON WILL HAVE A RAPID 

RISE...THE WASH ALREADY HAS SEVERAL FEET OF FLOW NEAR VAIL.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SONOITA TO MADERA 

CANYON TO PATAGONIA LAKE. 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... 

CORONA DE TUCSON AND SAHUARITA.



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.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAHUARITA



LAT...LON 3150 11097 3139 11070 3138 11047 3203 11046

      3211 11075 3203 11099



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