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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

526 AM MST FRI JUL 11 2008



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PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-

526 AM MST FRI JUL 11 2008



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

EASTERN PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES...



AT 518 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN 

PIMA COUNTY INCLUDING THE TUCSON METRO AREA...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST 

PINAL COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



AT 400 AM MST...BROADCAST MEDIA AND THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A 

STRANDED MOTORIST IN THE CANADA DEL ORO WASH AT OVERTON. 



AT 518 AM MST...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 2.69 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN AT BEAR CANYON AND SNYDER ROAD. THUS SABINO CREEK IS EXPECTED 

TO RISE DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. AND...THE ALAMO WASH AT GLENN 

STREET WAS RUNNING. THE UPPER TANQUE VERDE WASH WAS EXHIBITING A 

RAPID RISE AS WELL. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3235 11143 3284 11145 3318 11103 3297 11075

      3311 11066 3318 11046 3267 11046 3241 11047

      3223 11046 3195 11047 3197 11081 3202 11130



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