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Flash Flood Warning

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Pima, AZ

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

At 443 AM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The AZGFD3 and Diamond Bell Ranch alert gauges have recorded 1.5 inches in the last hour and a half. 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... Three Points, Tucson Estates, Tucson Mountain Park and Ryan AirField.
This includes the following highways... Route 86 between mile markers 146 and 160. Route 286 between mile markers 25 and 45.
This includes the following streams and drainages... Alambre Wash, Cerro Prieto Wash, Saucito Wash, Altar Wash, Brown Wash, Brawley Wash, Banner Wash, Fresno Wash, Mendoza Wash, South Mendoza Wash and Soto Wash.
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