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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

452 PM MST WED SEP 5 2007



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PIMA AZ-

452 PM MST WED SEP 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 455 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN ORO VALLEY AND THE 

CATALINA FOOTHILLS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATE THAT 

FROM 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURED OVER THE PAST TWO 

HOURS IN ORO VALLEY BETWEEN ORACLE ROAD AND LA CANADA. LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS WILL BE IMPASSABLE AND WASHES WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FLOW 

OF WATER. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 HAVE OCCURED OVER THE 

SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN 

SIGNIFICANT FLOW IN THE PIMA...FINGER ROCKS AND VENTANA WASHES.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY TO MERGE OVER NORTHERN AND 

CENTRAL TUCSON DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE 

UP TO 2.00 INCHES OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



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

AND THE CATALINA FOOTHILLS.



LAT...LON 3238 11101 3228 11095 3232 11083 3223 11064

      3228 11056 3250 11093 3248 11105



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