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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

904 PM MST WED AUG 1 2007



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SANTA CRUZ AZ-PIMA AZ-

904 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 910 PM MST..NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN VAIL AND SAHUARITA. RADAR ESTIMATES 

AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3.00 INCHES OVER 

THE PAST TWO HOURS. COLOSSAL CAVE ROAD...HOUGHTON ROAD SOUTH OF 

INTERSTATE 10...WENTWORTH ROAD AND SAHUARITA ROAD WERE ALL REPORTED 

TO BE FLOODED.



THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY NEAR 

SAHUARITA...WHERE 2.00 TO 3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER 

THE PAST ONE HOUR. 



AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE PHOENIX AREA WILL 

LIKELY FURTHER INCREASE THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER THE 

NEXT TWO HOURS...WITH STORMS POSSIBLY DEVELOPING OVER THE TUCSON 

METRO AREA.



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.



AT 900 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



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

GREEN VALLEY



LAT...LON 3150 11097 3136 11076 3135 11046 3221 11047

      3219 11082 3203 11099 3189 11109



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