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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

748 PM MST FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 945 PM MST



* AT 740 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN VENTANA AND 

AJO...ESPECIALLY NEAR HICKIWAN. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST ONE HOUR. RAPID RISES 

IN AREA WASHES WILL OCCUR...WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS IMPASSABLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VENTANA AND

  HICKIWAN



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3227 11222 3251 11225 3250 11271 3223 11269



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