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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

322 PM MST THU JUN 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 515 PM MST



* AT 315 PM MST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND SWIFT FLOWS IN SMALL 

STREAMS AND WASHES ACROSS THE AREA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS PRODUCING 

HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS

IMMEDIATELY.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING ISSUED  

INCORRECTLY FOR THE SAME AREA AT 316 PM MST. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SONOITA...

  PATAGONIA...ELGIN AND CANELO



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 3172 11093 3172 11047 3135 11047 3135 11086

TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 180DEG 0KT 3150 11069



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