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WGUS55 KTWC 290248

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AZC019-023-290500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

747 PM MST MON JUL 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA

  EXTREME NORTHWEST SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1000 PM MST



* AT 737 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD ALONG 

  ARIVACA ROAD NEAR ARIVACA. 



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED IN THIS AREA...RUNOFF FROM BETWEEN 2 

AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER IN THE EVENING WAS CAUSING NUMEROUS 

WASHES TO FLOOD IN THE ARIVACA AREA. HIGHWAY 286 WAS ALSO CLOSED 

NEAR MILE POST 29 DUE TO HIGH WATER.



FLASH FLOODING IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT IS VERY

HARD TO SEE RISING WATER. IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND AND

TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3157 11109 3185 11110 3184 11154 3155 11156



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