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WGUS55 KTWC 170241
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AZC019-170545-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
741 PM MST THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM MST.
* AT 741 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 0.2 TO 0.8 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...
AJO, ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, WHY, GUNSIGHT, CHARCO 27
AND KUKATCH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 72. ROUTE 86 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 53 AND 62.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLASH FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS...
GIBSON WASH IN AJO AND GUNSIGHT WASH IN GUNSIGHT.
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 3198 11278 3205 11300 3224 11290 3240 11289
3232 11259 3211 11261
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
KJS
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