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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

523 PM MST TUE JUL 22 2008



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PIMA AZ-

523 PM MST TUE JUL 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 506 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 

SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURED NEAR THE 

EMPIRE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS 

INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CORONA DE TUCSON AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST 

PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA INCLUDING SAHUARITA AND NEAR THE 

SAN XAVIER MISSION. 



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THIS AREA...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH OF THE SAN 

XAVIER MISSION RECEIVING UP TO 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN. AN AUTOMATED 

RAIN GAGE AT HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN NEAR THE EMPIRE MOUNTAINS REPORTED 

1.22 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS STORMS...WITH ANOTHER RAIN GAGE NEAR 

AT CONTINENTAL ROAD AND THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER REPORTING 0.75 INCHES. 



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL 

PIMA COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MST.



LAT...LON 3221 11164 3228 11165 3212 11113 3206 11074

      3222 11046 3174 11047 3174 11132



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