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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

556 PM MST WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

   INCLUDING THE PANTANO WASH IN THE TUCSON METRO AREA...



* UNTIL 745 PM MST



* AT 548 PM MST...AN AUTOMATED GAGE ALONG THE PANTANO WASH NEAR VAIL 

REPORTED THE PANTANO WASH WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS FROM THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL. IN ADDITION TO THIS AUTOMATED REPORT...A TRAINED WEATHER 

SPOTTER ALONG CIENEGA CREEK ALSO REPORTED IT WAS ALSO OUT OF ITS 

BANKS. THIS HEAVY FLOW WILL MAKE ITS WAY NORTH ALONG THE PANTANO 

WASH INTO THE TUCSON METRO AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG THE HARRISON CROSSING OF THE PANTANO WASH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS THROUGH RUNNING WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO 

BYPASS THIS WASH CROSSING.    



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE PANTANO WASH 

ACROSS EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 3221 11082 3215 11073 3206 11070 3203 11064

      3196 11064 3196 11066 3201 11065 3204 11071

      3214 11075 3220 11083 3223 11084 3227 11089

      3227 11087 3225 11084



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