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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

202 PM MST SAT AUG 4 2007



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PIMA AZ-

202 PM MST SAT AUG 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 156 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER A BAND 

OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST COCHISE 

COUNTY WILL MOVE WEST OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AND BRING ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL TO THE WARNED AREA. 



BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 1 PM...RAIN GAGES AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ALONG THE CATALINA HIGHWAY NEAR WILLOW CANYON FROM A STATIONARY 

THUNDERSTORM. RUNOFF FROM THIS FIRST STORM IS LIKELY MOVING THROUGH 

THE UPPER REACHES OF THE SABINO CANYON AND BEAR CANYON BASINS AND 

WILL AFFECT SABINO CREEK...TANQUE VERDE WASH AND THE AGUA CALIENTE 

WASH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE AROUND POSTED BARRICADES INTO AREAS WHERE 

THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO 

ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND 

CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND 

PROPERTY. 



LAT...LON 3220 11083 3225 11063 3242 11062 3243 11076



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