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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

609 PM MST TUE JUL 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREEN VALLEY...

  SOUTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 815 PM MST



* AT 602 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES 

TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A 

LINE FROM THE NORTHERN TOHONO OODHAM NATION IN SOUTHWEST PINAL 

COUNTY...TO SILVERBELL IN CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...TO RYAN FIELD... 

SAHUARITA AND CORONA DE TUCSON IN SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY...TO 

SUNIZONA IN CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY TO PORTAL IN THE CHIRICAHUA 

MOUNTAINS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT LOCATIONS ALONG THIS LINE HAVE SEEN 

1.00 TO 1.75 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING AS 

MUCH AS 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN.



AT 600 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

WITH WATER FLOWING OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 191 NEAR PEARCE-SUNSITES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THREE

POINTS...SAHUARITA...ELOY AND BENSON.



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.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY AND WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY.





LAT...LON 3173 10905 3162 11035 3175 11043 3179 11106

      3206 11173 3253 11222 3268 11222 3272 11215

      3272 11205 3277 11205 3277 11188 3279 11187

      3279 11178 3272 11178 3274 11167 3286 11147

      3284 11141 3235 11127 3211 11099 3206 10905



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