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WGUS75 KTWC 040632

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1132 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008



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PIMA AZ-

1132 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF TUCSON...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF TUCSON LATE THIS 

EVENING. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE SOUTH OF BROADWAY BLVD AND WEST OF 

SWAN ROAD IN TUCSON INDICATED NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. 

OTHER AREAS AROUND TUCSON LIKE ORO VALLEY HAVE RECEIVED OVER 1 INCH 

DURING THE PAST HOUR IN SPOTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS... HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



REMEMBER...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3243 11088 3207 11077 3202 11111 3243 11108



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