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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

440 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2008



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SANTA CRUZ AZ-PIMA AZ-

440 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PIMA AND NORTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES...



AT 433 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST 

PIMA AND NORTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED IN GREEN VALLEY...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 19 BETWEEN 

GREEN VALLEY AND AMADO AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA RITA 

MOUNTAINS. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN GREEN VALLEY REPORTED 1.30 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ONLY 35 MINUTES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE GREEN VALLEY AREA 

OVER THE PAST 45 MINUTES. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY 

RAIN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A HALF TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 19 BETWEEN AMADO AND GREEN VALLEY 

THROUGH 515 PM MST.   



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 3201 11111 3202 11046 3171 11046 3154 11115

      3169 11135



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