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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

904 PM MST THU SEP 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

   THIS INCLUDES AREAS OF THE CITY FROM NEAR CORONA DE TUCSON        

   NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY.



* UNTIL 1100 PM MST



* AT 858 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CITY.  



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

  NATIONAL PARK EAST...SABINO CANYON...REDINGTON AND MOUNT

  LEMMON/SUMMERHAVEN.



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT SAHUARITA ROAD WAS CLOSED 

BETWEEN HOUGHTON AND WENTWORTH AND THAT A SWIFT WATER RESCUE WAS 

OCCURRING NEAR HOUGHTON AND SAHUARITA ROADS.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3251 11085 3252 11048 3187 11046 3190 11084



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