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WGUS75 KTWC 140356

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

856 PM MST WED AUG 13 2008



AZC019-140545-

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

PIMA AZ-

856 PM MST WED AUG 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 848 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER MUCH OF 

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TUCSON. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE WELL IN 

EXCESS OF 1 INCH ACROSS A LARGE AREA OF THE CITY...WITH RAIN GAGES 

REPORTING .87 AT RILLITO CREEK AND DODGE BLVD AS WELL AS ALAMO WASH 

AT GLENN STREET.



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...RILLITO 

RIVER...TANQUE VERDE WASH...PANTANO WASH...VENTANA CANYON 

WASH...BIRD CANYON...ESPERERO WASH AND SABINO CREEK.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA AS 

WELL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

WASHES AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3232 11104 3237 11079 3219 11078 3210 11104



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