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WGUS55 KTWC 170126
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AZC019-170430-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
626 PM MST THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 930 PM MST.
* AT 626 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
0.5 TO 1.0 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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...
TANQUE VERDE, SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST, SABINO CANYON RECREATION
AREA AND SEVEN FALLS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLASH FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS...
AGUA CALIENTE WASH FROM SOLDIER TRL TO FORT LOWELL, WENTWORTH RD AT
TANQUE VERDE WASH, TANQUE VERDE LOOP RD AT TANQUE VERDE WASH, FREEMAN
RD BETWEEN BROADWAY AND OLD SPANISH TRAIL AND LIMBERLOST RD FROM
SOILDER TRAIL TO HOMESTEAD AVE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
TANQUE VERDE WASH, CHIMNEY ROCK CREEK, VENTANA CANYON WASH, PANTANO
WASH, SABINO CREEK AND AGUA CALIENTE WASH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3234 11080 3234 11069 3231 11058 3221 11059
3218 11073 3222 11085
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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