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WGUS75 KTWC 060251

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

751 PM MST TUE AUG 5 2008



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PIMA AZ-

751 PM MST TUE AUG 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 746 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH 

FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA.



RAIN GAUGES FROM AROUND THE TUCSON AREA INDICATE AMOUNTS GENERALLY 

FROM AROUND A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH AMOUNTS IN 

EXCESS OF 1 INCH IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. 



SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF SKYLINE ROAD NEAR SUNRISE WERE 

IMPASSABLE AND THAT WASHES IN THE AREA WERE ALSO FLOWING WITH WATER 

AND COVERING ROADWAYS.  



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.



LAT...LON 3250 11126 3250 11048 3175 11047 3177 11072



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