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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

650 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 745 PM MST



* THIS EXTENDED THE WARNING FOR AREAS EAST OF WHY ALONG HIGHWAY      

  86...THAT WAS TO END AT 645 PM...AN ADDITIONAL HOUR TO 745 PM MST.



AT 640 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER BETWEEN TWO AND A 

HALF AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 515 PM EAST OF WHY.

THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FELL ALONG HIGHWAY 86 BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MILES 

EAST OF WHY. WATER IS LIKELY FLOWING THROUGH DIPS ON HIGHWAY 86 AND 

WASHES...SUCH AS GUNSIGHT WASH AND SIKORT CHUAPO WASH...ARE LIKELY 

OVERFLOWING.



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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