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WGUS55 KTWC 182144

FFWTWC

AZC019-190030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

240 PM MST MON AUG 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA

    THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY AND THE ASPEN  

    FIRE BURN AREA



* UNTIL 530 PM MST



* AT 240 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE FOOTHILLS   

  NEAR SABINO CANYON...OVER THE TUCSON MOUNTAINS...AND NEAR          

  REDINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT ONLY 5 MPH. 



STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES WILL FLOOD QUICKLY. 

THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE IN SABINO AND BEAR CANYONS...AND TANQUE 

VERDE WASH. NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OF AROUND BARRICADES. IF 

THE ROAD AHEAD IS BLOCKED...TURN AROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.



LAT...LON 3206 11049 3251 11047 3243 11112 3204 11116



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