Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tucson, AZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
645 PM MST SAT AUG 20 1988

RADAR AND VISUAL OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
IS LOCATED JUST TO THE WEST OF TUCSON AND EXTENDS WESTWARD FOR ABOUT
25 MILES.  THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.  THE STORM IS MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND IS ALSO
SPREADING A LITTLE EASTWARD.  SO DURING THE NEXT HOUR THE WESTERN
EDGE OF TUCSON MAY RECEIVE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND SOME LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED ON A LINE FROM BENSON TO SONOITA AND
THROUGHOUT MOST OF COCHISE COUNTY.  CAMPERS AND HIKERS AS WELL
AS MOTORISTS AND PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOlULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.  THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MAZUR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
820 PM MST SAT AUG 20 1988

AT 815 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT REDINGTON
SOUTH TO THE THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS AT LEAST THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE GREATER TUCSON AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED.  REMEMBER...THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS
VERY HIGH THIS EVENING.

AN AUTOMATIC RAIN GAGE LOCATED IN DAVIDSON CANYON TO THE EAST OF
TUCSON ALONG INTERSTATE 10 HAS PICKED UP 1.14 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE LAST HOUR.  A STREAM GAGE IN THE SAME AREA SHOWS A RISE OF SEVERAL
FEET OF WATER IN DAVIDSON WASH.  THIS WASH EMPTIES INTO THE PANTANO
WASH...SO AN INCREASE IN STREAMFLOW WILL OCCUR IN EASTERN SECTIONS
OF THE TUCSON AREA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.{}
PERSONS IN AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED STREAMS OR ROADWAYS.

WEBER