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WGUS75 KTWC 061456

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

750 AM MST MON AUG 6 2007



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PIMA AZ-

750 AM MST MON AUG 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 745 AM MST...PIMA COUNTY GAUGES AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS 

REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE TUCSON METRO AREA LEADING TO FLASH 

FLOODING WITH THE FOLLOWING RISES ALONG WASHES...CREEKS AND RIVERS...



PANTANO WASH NEAR VAIL RISE OF 4 FEET

PANTANO WASH AT HOUGHTON WALL OF WATER TRAVELING DOWNSTREAM

RILLITO RIVER AT DODGE BLVD RISE OF 1.5 FEET

FINGER ROCK WASH RISE OF 1 FOOT



THE CITY OF TUCSON REPORTS STREET FLOODING ACROSS THE TUCSON METRO 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUCSON...ORO 

VALLEY AND MARANA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3198 11139 3193 11076 3251 11078 3250 11140



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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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