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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

423 PM MST WED AUG 27 2008



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PIMA AZ-

423 PM MST WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY...



AT 412 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA...AS WELL AS 

THE RINCON MOUNTAINS AND THE REDDINGTON PASS AREA. A TRAINED 

WEATHER SPOTTER AT BROADWAY AND PANTANO REPORTED AN INCH OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN IN ONLY 30 MINUTES. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

1.00 AND 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 

SPEEDWAY AND IRVINGTON AND WILMOT TO HARRISON ROADS ON THE EAST SIDE 

OF THE CITY.



IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN IN THE CITY...STRONG STORMS EARLIER IN 

THE RINCON MOUNTAINS AND REDDINGTON PASS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1.00 AND 

2.00 INCHES OF RAIN.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL 

PIMA COUNTY INCLUDING THE TUCSON METRO AREA UNTIL 445 PM MST.



LAT...LON 3245 11100 3251 11046 3212 11045 3205 11076

      3201 11108



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