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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1129 PM MST WED AUG 1 2007



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SANTA CRUZ AZ-PIMA AZ-

1129 PM MST WED AUG 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST FOR

EAST CENTRAL PIMA AND EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES...



THE FRANCO WASH WHICH DRAINS MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN VAIL AND 

SAHUARITA HAS RISEN 3.50 FEET OVER THE PAST HOUR...AS INDICATED BY 

THE AUTOMATED GAUGE AT SWAN ROAD EAST OF THE OLD NOGALES HIGHWAY. 

FLOODING OF THE WASH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR SUMMIT STREET...OLD 

NOGALES HIGHWAY AND OLD VAIL ROAD.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONLY LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL KEEP LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND WASHES 

FLOODED BETWEEN VAIL AND GREEN VALLEY INCLUDING SAHUARITA. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS FROM 1.00 TO 3.00 INCHES OCCURRED BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM IN 

THIS AREA AND RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.



OVER SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FROM SONOITA TO MADERA CANYON TO PATAGONIA 

LAKE. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE FROM 1.00 TO 4.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS OCCURRED BETWEEN 7 PM AND 11 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EARLIER HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL KEEP LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND WASHES FLOODED.



AT 1124 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 3134 11076 3135 11046 3221 11047

      3219 11088 3203 11099 3189 11109



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