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WGUS75 KTWC 272318

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

418 PM MST WED AUG 27 2008



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PIMA AZ-

418 PM MST WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...



AT 404 PM MST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY NEAR 

SAHUARITA TO CORONA DE TUCSON. A WEATHER SPOTTER AT SAHUARITA ROAD 

AND HOUGHTON REPORTED OVER 1 INCH OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN 20 

MINUTES. 



A THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF SAHUARITA AND NORTH OF GREEN VALLEY WAS 

SEVERE AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS ALONG 

WITH THE FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 14 MPH.



REMEMBER...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 3187 11127 3201 11108 3204 11077 3211 11046

      3174 11046 3174 11129



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