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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

437 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAFFORD...



* UNTIL 630 PM MST



* AT 426 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL 

GRAHAM COUNTY. RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT FROM 1.00 TO 

2.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. WASHES AND 

STREAMS OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY THE 

COTTONWOOD AND ASH WASHES FLOWING THROUGH PIMA. WASHES ALONG ROUTE 

191 BETWEEN SAFFORD AND JUNCTION OF THE HIGHWAY WILL LIKELY BE 

FLOODED WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS IMPASSABLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PIMA.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES AND REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR

THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3296 10993 3290 10972 3275 10927 3253 10929

      3249 10953 3252 10973 3278 10993



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