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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
610 PM MST FRI AUG 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 815 PM MST.
* AT 610 PM MST, WATER LEVELS ARE SLOWLY RECEDING FROM THE 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ALONG HIGHWAY 286
AT ALTAR WASH. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY STILL ONGOING. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 7 PM.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY
286 BETWEEN THREE POINTS AND ARIVACA ROAD.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 286 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 34.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BROWN WASH, FRESNO WASH, ALTAR WASH, CERRO PRIETO WASH, SAUCITO
WASH AND BANNER WASH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3177 11144 3186 11138 3193 11138 3193 11140
3177 11148
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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