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WGUS75 KTWC 070139

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

639 PM MST WED AUG 6 2008



AZC019-070300-

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PIMA AZ-

639 PM MST WED AUG 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 628 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 19 SOUTH 

OF SELLS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...OUTFLOW FROM THESE 

STORMS TRIGGERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF 

SELLS. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN 3 

INCHES PER HOUR MAY HAVE FALLEN WITH THE STORMS. THE TOHONO OODHAM 

NATION DISPATCHER REPORTED THAT A CALL WAS RECEIVED OF A PERSON 

DRIVING THROUGH A WASH ALONG HIGHWAY 19 AND GETTING THEIR VEHICLE 

STUCK...AND THAT EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE IN ROUTE.   



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAMORI...

TOPAWA...SOUTH KOMELIK...KUPK...FRESNAL CANYON...COWLIC...CHOULIC AND

BIG FIELDS



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 3201 11226 3177 11149 3148 11148 3171 11222



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