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WGUS55 KTWC 132212

FFWTWC

AZC019-023-140015-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

312 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

   INCLUDING THE TOWN OF SONOITA...



* UNTIL 515 PM MST



* AT 300 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST

  SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED

  BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR. A TRAINED 

  WEATHER SPOTTER IN SONOITA REPORTED A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

  IN ONLY 15 MINUTES. FLASH FLOODING FROM THIS STORM IS LIKELY. THIS 

  THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH INTO EXTREME 

  SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY. 



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 3196 11087 3197 11046 3154 11046 3160 11087



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