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WGUS75 KTWC 152258

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

358 PM MST SAT SEP 15 2007



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PIMA AZ-

358 PM MST SAT SEP 15 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR

WESTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 355 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE CONTINUED TO DETECT A 

CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PIMA COUNTY...ROUGHLY 

ALONG HIGHWAY 85 BETWEEN LUKEVILLE AND THE MARICOPA COUNTY LINE. THE 

ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



AT 350 PM...ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 85 JUST NORTH OF AJO. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT UP TO 2. 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE MOUNTAINS 

NORTHEAST OF WHY AND AJO. THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN 

WESTERN PIMA COUNTY WHICH ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 85 

AND HIGHWAY 86 WEST OF COVERED WELLS.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER CROSS WATER 

COVERED DIPS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING 

STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 

TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3250 11296 3250 11227 3177 11243 3192 11293

TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 184DEG 10KT 3235 11272



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