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WGUS75 KTWC 061742

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1038 AM MST MON AUG 6 2007



AZC019-061800-

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PIMA AZ-

1038 AM MST MON AUG 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 1030 AM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

CATALINA HIGHWAY HAD RESTRICTIONS TO TRAVEL DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAYS. 

ALSO...FLOOD WATERS IN SABINO CANYON WILL BE EXITING THE BASE OF THE 

MOUNTAIN BY 11 AM MST. THE CDO WASH HAS HAD BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH TO 

OVER ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER MOST OF THE UPPER REACHES. 

THIS WILL LEAD TO RISES IN THE CDO WASH LATER THIS MORNING AS WELL.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORO VALLEY 

AND MARANA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

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

ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3244 11134 3228 11108 3226 11093 3219 11083

      3224 11068 3253 11046 3251 11078 3251 11112

      3250 11137



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EVANS

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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