

000 

WGUS55 KTWC 070058

FFWTWC

AZC019-070300-

/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0053.080807T0058Z-080807T0300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

558 PM MST WED AUG 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 800 PM MST



* AT 554 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS   

  THAT EXTEND FROM NEAR COWLIC TO SASABE. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES   

  INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 19        

  BETWEEN SELLS AND THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.



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

  KUPK...FRESNAL CANYON...COWLIC AND BIG FIELDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3201 11226 3177 11149 3148 11148 3171 11222



$$



000 

WGUS55 KTWC 070058

FFWTWC

AZC019-070300-

/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0053.080807T0058Z-080807T0300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

558 PM MST WED AUG 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 800 PM MST



* AT 554 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS   

  THAT EXTEND FROM NEAR COWLIC TO SASABE. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES   

  INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 19        

  BETWEEN SELLS AND THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.



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

  KUPK...FRESNAL CANYON...COWLIC AND BIG FIELDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3201 11226 3177 11149 3148 11148 3171 11222



$$

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