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AZC019-190100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

355 PM MST MON AUG 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA

    THIS INCLUDES THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION



* UNTIL 600 PM MST



* AT 337 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

EASTERN TOHONO OODHAM NATION...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 286 

SOUTH OF THREE POINTS AND IN THE AGUIRRE VALLEY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 86. 

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST AT 5 MPH. 



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES HAD 

FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 286...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH ARIVACA 

ROAD. RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL QUICKLY FILL INTO ALTAR WASH. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS THROUGH ROADWAY DIPS FILLED WITH 

RUNNING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH 

CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY.



LAT...LON 3158 11239 3141 11139 3154 11137 3155 11118

          3174 11118 3192 11138 3205 11142 3207 11238

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