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WGUS55 KTWC 140204

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AZC019-021-140430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

703 PM MST FRI AUG 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA

    THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ORO VALLEY...MARANA

  SOUTHERN PINAL COUNTY IN ARIZONA



* UNTIL 930 PM MST



* AT 700 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD       

  CONTINUING IN MARANA AND ORO VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT RISES HAVE ALSO   

  BEGUN ALONG BRAWLEY WASH BETWEEN THREE POINTS AND MARANA.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS 

AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF INTO NORMALLY DRY WASHES. SEVERAL 

PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS THIS EVENING AND HAVE 

BECOME STUCK. THE RUNOFF WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO FEED INTO CANADA DEL 

ORO...ALTAR...AND BRAWLY WASHES WHERE SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED.



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 EXTENDS THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3199 11113 3291 11063 3293 11212 3214 11237



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