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WGUS75 KTWC 290153

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

653 PM MST THU AUG 28 2008



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PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-

653 PM MST THU AUG 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES...



AT 642 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST PIMA AND

SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURED EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN ORO VALLEY AND CATALINA...FARE 

EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA TO THE EAST OF HOUGHTON 

ROAD...AS WELL AS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS AND 

REDDINGTON PASS. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE 

CANADA DEL ORO AND BIG WASHES REPORTED 1.02 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY 

20 MINUTES. 



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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