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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

341 PM MST THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...SABINO CANYON...ORO VALLEY...

  MARANA...



* UNTIL 545 PM MST



* AT 334 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE TUCSON METRO AREA. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES OF UPWARDS TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED... 

PARTICULARLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE METRO AREA NEAR THE 

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ALSO...RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS...AND JUST 

NORTH OF MARANA AND WEST OF DOVE MOUNTAIN. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH   

TUCSON...SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK WEST...SABINO CANYON...PICTURE   

ROCKS...MOUNT LEMMON/SUMMERHAVEN...DOVE MOUNTAIN...DAVIS-MONTHAN   

AIR FORCE BASE...CATALINA STATE PARK...CATALINA FOOTHILLS AND   

CATALINA.



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.



LAT...LON 3208 11108 3209 11125 3231 11123 3239 11140

      3251 11149 3251 11121 3251 11102 3251 11069

      3239 11063 3229 11073 3216 11081 3209 11083

      3208 11095



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