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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

455 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOUGLAS...



* UNTIL 645 PM MST



* AT 447 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

DOUGLAS...RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICTED 1.00 TO 2.00 

INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR. THE PALM GROVE WASH FLOWING 

THROUGH DOUGLAS WILL LIKELY HAVE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT 2 

HOURS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3134 10969 3148 10967 3148 10940 3134 10942



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