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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

631 PM MST SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 915 PM MST



* AT 615 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DETECTED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER MT. GRAHAM. A VERY HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN LOCATED OVER MT. GRAHAM DURING THE PAST HOUR. 

RADAR ESTIMATES AND GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE FROM 1.00 TO 2.50 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR.



THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN MARIJILDA CANYON...NOON CREEK AND 

STOCKTON WASH. THIS FLOW OF WATER WILL REACH LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

ALONG ROUTE 191 DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS AND AREAS OF THE ROAD MAY BE 

IMPASSABLE. ROUTE 366 FROM SWIFT WATER JUNCTION TO HEILOGRAPH PEAK 

MAY BE WASHED OUT...ESPECIALLY NEAR NOON CREEK. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWIFT TRAIL

  JUNCTION AND MOUNT GRAHAM



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3279 10977 3275 10963 3273 10965 3254 10975

      3267 10996



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