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WGUS55 KTWC 290131

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AZC019-021-290330-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

631 PM MST THU AUG 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SEVEN FALLS...ORO VALLEY...

  SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 830 PM MST



* AT 624 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN GOLDER RANCH MEASURED

  THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ONLY 10 MINUTES. 

  WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST 

  PIMA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTIES HAVE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1.00 

  AND 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS AND

  REDDINGTON PASS.  



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY 

INCLUDING THE CITY OF TUCSON UNTIL 715 PM MST. 



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 3230 11094 3241 11111 3260 11111 3261 11046

      3217 11046 3213 11086



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