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WGUS75 KTWC 140037

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

537 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



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PIMA AZ-

537 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 532 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THE 

METRO AREA HAS OCCURED EAST OF CRAYCROFT ROAD...AND WEST OF HOUGHTON 

ROAD...BOTH TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE 

NEAR KOLB AND GOLF LINKS REPORTED 0.55 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY 15 

MINUTES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN THE METRO AREA. 



IN ADDITION TO THE CITY...THE RINCON MOUNTAINS CONTINUE TO SEE 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES.



THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH.



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 3251 11122 3252 11046 3196 11047 3196 11121



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