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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1118 AM MST THU JUL 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1230 PM MST



* AT 1110 AM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF THREE 

  POINT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

HIGHWAY 286 ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF THREE POINT. ADDITIONAL STORMS 

FORMING OFF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND ARE

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. WASHES THAT MAY OVERFLOW

WILL BE ALTAR WASH...FRESNAL WASH AND BOLA BLANCAS WASH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3196 11155 3182 11138 3193 11123 3207 11142



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