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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1133 PM MST FRI NOV 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

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

  MARANA...GREEN VALLEY...

  EASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 230 AM MST



* AT 1133 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM SAHUARITA...TO WESTERN 

  PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA...TO ORO VALLEY TO KELVIN MOVING

  EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS RAINFALL WILL FALL ON TOP OF ALREADY WELL

  SATURATED SOILS RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. AN AREA OF MODERATE 

  RAINFALL BEHIND THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PERSIST FOR AN HOUR TO TWO

  RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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.



LAT...LON 3266 11181 3270 11170 3324 11096 3297 11076

      3317 11045 3176 11046 3179 11182

TIME...MOT...LOC 0633Z 180DEG 0KT 3242 11099



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