Flash Flood Warning for Pima, AZ
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Pima
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- Severe
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- Immediate
- Official certainty
- Likely
What is happening
At 439 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.8 and 1.7 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.1 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. HAZARD...Flash flooding...
What the bulletin says to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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.
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Bulletin details
At 439 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.8 and 1.7 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.1 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. 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... South Tucson. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 61 and 63. Route 86 near mile marker 171. Interstate 10 between mile markers 260 and 265. This includes the following streams and drainages... West Branch Santa Cruz River, Chico, Arroyo and Santa Cruz River.
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Official revisions
- Update
Flash Flood Warning issued August 29 at 4:39PM MST until August 29 at 6:45PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Official revision - Update
Flash Flood Warning issued August 29 at 4:10PM MST until August 29 at 6:45PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Official revision - Alert
Flash Flood Warning issued August 29 at 3:55PM MST until August 29 at 6:45PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
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Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Tucson AZ. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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