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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
332 PM MST MON AUG 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 630 PM MST.
* AT 332 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN THE PENA BLANCA LAKE REGION. BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1
INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
PENA BLANCA LAKE INCLUDING PENA BLANCA ROAD BETWEEN INTERSTATE 19
AND PENA BLANCA LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
TONTO CANYON, PEASCO CANYON, SYCAMORE CANYON, POTRERO CREEK, SANTA
CRUZ RIVER AND SONOITA CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3136 11117 3141 11117 3145 11110 3141 11100
3139 11098 3134 11101 3133 11103 3133 11107
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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