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WGUS55 KTWC 140048

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AZC019-140145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

547 PM MST MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA



* UNTIL 645 PM MST



* AT 540 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF         

  WHY...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER

HIGHWAY 86 ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF WHY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE DEVELOPING WEST TOWARD WHY AND HIGHWAY 85 

THROUGH 600 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

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



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 3209 11283 3210 11239 3237 11244 3239 11275

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