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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

857 AM MST MON AUG 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SEVEN FALLS...ORO VALLEY...



* UNTIL 1100 AM MST



* AT 849 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT 

  LEMMON/SUMMERHAVEN...DOVE MOUNTAIN...CATALINA STATE PARK...

  CATALINA FOOTHILLS AND CATALINA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES REPORTED BY PIMA COUNTY GAUGES 

AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS RANGE FROM HALF AND INCH TO ONE AND ONE 

HALF INCHES PER HOUR.



SABINO CREEK...TANQUE VERDE CREEK AND THE PANTANO WASH HAVE ALL HAD 

WALLS OF WATER MOVE SWIFTLY DOWN STREAM. SO...NEVER DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS 

ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER 

IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 

FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3228 11108 3226 11093 3219 11083 3224 11068

      3253 11046 3252 11078 3252 11111



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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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