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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1042 PM MST SAT AUG 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SELLS...



* UNTIL 1215 AM MST



* AT 1032 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF SELLS. THIS STORM 

  IS MOVING WEST AROUND 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER THE SELLS WASH BASIN SINCE 

  930 PM.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ARTESA...NOLIC AND BIG FIELDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES AND REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR

THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3207 11214 3203 11159 3184 11159 3181 11210



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