Flash Flood Warning

FFWTWC

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 930 PM MST.

* At 626 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.0 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... Tanque Verde, Saguaro National Park East, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area and Seven Falls.

This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Agua Caliente Wash from Soldier Trl to Fort Lowell, Wentworth Rd at Tanque Verde Wash, Tanque Verde Loop Rd at Tanque Verde Wash, Freeman Rd between Broadway and Old Spanish Trail and Limberlost Rd from Soilder Trail to Homestead Ave.

This includes the following streams and drainages... Tanque Verde Wash, Chimney Rock Creek, Ventana Canyon Wash, Pantano Wash, Sabino Creek and Agua Caliente Wash.