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WGUS75 KTWC 140424

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

924 PM MST WED AUG 13 2008



AZC019-140545-

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PIMA AZ-

924 PM MST WED AUG 13 2008



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

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 920 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING ACROSS THE TUCSON AREA AS 

THE HEAVIEST PORTIONS OF THE STORMS HAD MOVED WESTWARD AND OUT OF 

THE CITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

OVER AREAS OF THE CITY THAT RECORDED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER 

THE PAST HOUR...INCLUDING NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL AREAS OF THE 

CITY.



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...RILLITO 

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

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



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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