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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

653 PM MST THU JUL 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ORO VALLEY...

  SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 845 PM MST



* AT 648 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  ORACLE...CATALINA AND THE CANADA DEL ORO WASH. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS OR SO. RUNOFF FROM 

THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO 

FLOW DOWN THE CDO AND WILL IMPACT TRAVELERS TRYING TO CROSS THE CDO 

AT LA CHOLLA AND OVERTON.  



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 3232 11081 3232 11121 3271 11090 3268 11062



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