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WGUS85 KTWC 230037
FLSTWC
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
537 PM MST FRI DEC 22 2023
AZC019-021-023-230430-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ-
537 PM MST FRI DEC 22 2023
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA, PIMA AND PINAL.
IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA, SANTA CRUZ.
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM MST.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 537 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUCSON, CATALINA, ORO VALLEY, MARANA, SAHUARITA, GREEN
VALLEY, ORACLE, CASAS ADOBES, DREXEL HEIGHTS, FLOWING WELLS,
TANQUE VERDE, VAIL, SADDLEBROOKE, CORONA DE TUCSON, SOUTH
TUCSON, THREE POINTS, AVRA VALLEY, SADDLEBROOKE RANCH AND
PASCUA PUEBLO YAQUI RESERVATION.
- 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.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
WASHES, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
LAT...LON 3262 11123 3260 11078 3245 11103 3232 11089
3240 11055 3173 11091 3170 11092 3166 11116
3159 11152 3203 11181 3249 11154
WJM
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