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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

924 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008



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PIMA AZ-

924 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MST FOR

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 913 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

FROM 2.00 TO 3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST TWO 

HOURS. A SIGNIFICANT FLOW OF WATER IS OCCURRING IN THE SELLS WASH. 

FLOODING WILL OCCUR NEAR THE SELLS WASH. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE 

FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KITT PEAK



LAT...LON 3170 11195 3216 11190 3214 11146 3181 11146



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