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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

839 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COVERED WELLS...SELLS AND SAN ISIDRO. 



* UNTIL 1030 PM MST



* AT 827 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE   

  WARNED AREA. RADAR WAS INDICATING THAT A CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS     

  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN SAN SIMON VILLAGE TO SOUTH OF         

  VENTANA...AND JUST WEST OF A LINE FROM COVERED WELLS TO SANTA      

  ROSA. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 86    

  NEAR SAN ISIDRO AND PAN TAK. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT BETWEEN 2   

  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THE  

  RADAR MAY BE OVERESTIMATING THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS...BUT AMOUNTS 

  NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS NOT UNLIKELY.    



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3250 11244 3246 11125 3187 11126 3185 11244



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