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WGUS55 KTWC 182337

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AZC009-190200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

435 PM MST WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY IN ARIZONA



* UNTIL 700 PM MST



* AT 430 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAFFORD...JUST SOUTH OF FORT GRANT AND

  BONITA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. IN ADDITION...LIGHT TO MODERATE

  RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS HIGHWAY 70 FROM FORT THOMAS TO SAFFORD

  AND SOUTHWARD TO MT GRAHAM AND HIGHWAY 191 ADDING TO THE RUNOFF

  PROBLEMS WHERE VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS.



THIS WARNING EXTENDS AND REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR THIS AREA. STREETS...SMALL STREAMS...SECONDARY 

ROADS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES WILL FLOOD QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE 

INTO FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES. IF THE ROAD AHEAD IS 

FLOODED...TURN AROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD 

ALSO TRIGGER MUDSLIDES.



LAT...LON 3307 11006 3245 11009 3245 10946 3288 10949



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