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AZC019-021-240515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

830 PM MST SAT AUG 23 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...MARANA AND 

    INCLUDING THE BURN AREAS OF THE SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS 

  SOUTHERN PINAL COUNTY IN ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1015 PM MST



* AT 825 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN JUST WEST OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA AND EXTENDING INTO         

  PORTIONS OF THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION. THE STORMS ALSO EXTEND INTO  

  SOUTHERN PINAL COUNTY AS WELL...NEAR PICACHO PEAK. THESE STORMS    

  WILL MOVE WEST AT 15 MPH.



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.



NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED AREA. THE ROAD AHEAD MAY BE UNDERMINED OR

WASHED AWAY. ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER IMMEDIATELY.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY...BUT ALSO INCLUDES SOUTHERN PINAL COUNTY.



LAT...LON 3201 11047 3252 11048 3276 11104 3291 11139

          3276 11203 3201 11202

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