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WGUS75 KTWC 140113

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

613 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



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PIMA AZ-

613 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



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

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 601 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER NEAR BROADWAY AND WILMOT 

ROADS IN EATS TUCSON REPORTED THAT THE ALAMO WASH WAS FLOWING WITHIN 

1 TO 2 FEET FROM BANKFULL. WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 

AND 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN CRAYCROFT AND HOUGHTON 

ROADS...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR CATALINA FOOTHILLS...AND THE 

WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS. AN AUTOMATED RAIN 

GAGE AT SAMANIEGO PEAK IN THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS REPORTED 1.42 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THIS STORM DURING THE PAST HOUR. 



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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