Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Jan 7, 1993, 7:10 PM MST (02:10 UTC)

Expired

Jan 7, 1993, 11:15 PM MST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Pima County, AZ

000 
TTAA00 KTUS 080213
FFWTUS
AZC019-080615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
710 PM MST THU JAN 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...EASTERN PIMA COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM MST A WEATHER SPOTTER LOCATED NEAR SABINO CREEK REPORTED THAT
THE CREEK WAS ROARING WITH VERY HEAVY RUNOFF. THE OBSERVER HAS MEASURED
1.10 INCHES RAIN SINCE THIS MORNING...WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING. THE
SPOTTER SAID THAT SABINO CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS IN PLACES AND WATER
WAS FLOWING IN ALL THE FLOOD CHANNELS DESIGNED TO HANDLE EXCESSIVE FLOW
IN THE STREAM.  ALL THE STREAMS AND WASHES DRAINING OUT OF THE CATALINA
MOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN FLOWING HEAVILY ALL DAY.  WITH ANOTHER BURST OF HEAVRAIN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...THE RUNOFF WILL BE ON THE INCREASE IN
SABINO AND TANQUE VERDE WASHES AS WELL AS THE RILLITO RIVER.
 
FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE AVRA VALLEY AND MARANA AREAS
TODAY.  SOME PEOPLE WERE REPORTED STRANDED BY RISING WATERS.  THE RAIN
SWOLLEN RILLITO RIVER FLOWS INTO THE SANTA CRUZ WHICH THEN HEADS UP TO
THE MARANA AREA...SO FURTHER PROBLEMS CAN BE EXPECTED.
 
MANY UNBRIDGED CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN CLOSED THROUGHOUT EASTERN PIMA
COUNTY.  PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY HOME TONIGHT. TRAVEL THROUGHOUT
EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IS DISCOURAGED DUE THE FLOODING SITUATION.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVE`N A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
WEBER

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