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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
841 AM MST WED JUL 16 2025
.OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING THIS MORNING WITH 0.5 TO 1
INCH OF RAINFALL AND RUNOFF LEADING TO FLOODING CONDITIONS.
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PIMA AZ-
841 AM MST WED JUL 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM MST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN PIMA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1145 AM MST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 837 AM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SABINO CREEK, PANTANO WASH, SANTA CRUZ RIVER, BIRD CANYON,
ORO, CAñADA DEL, RILLITO RIVER, TANQUE VERDE WASH, VENTANA
CANYON WASH, ESPERERO WASH, AGUA CALIENTE WASH AND SUTHERLAND
WASH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.3 TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUCSON, ORO VALLEY, CASAS ADOBES, FLOWING WELLS, TANQUE
VERDE, SABINO CANYON RECREATION AREA, CATALINA FOOTHILLS,
SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST AND SEVEN FALLS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3236 11073 3239 11084 3238 11100 3230 11104
3224 11094 3221 11077 3222 11062 3224 11059
3233 11062
KM
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