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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

855 PM MST SAT JUL 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...



* UNTIL 1030 PM MST



* AT 853 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORO

  VALLEY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 16 MPH. 



WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL IN ORO VALLEY...MARANA AND NORTHWEST TUCSON...ESPECIALLY AN 

AREA BOUNDED BY RIVER AND INA AND ORACLE ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10. 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THIS AREA OVER THE PAST 25 MINUTES. AN AUTOMATED GAGE AT THE CDO 

WASH NEAR INA REPORTED 1.14 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 20 

MINUTES. RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL FILL NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ROADWAY 

DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WITH RUNNING WATER.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES AND REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR

THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3247 11112 3249 11085 3221 11090 3215 11101

      3236 11124



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