Coronado Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 854 PM MST FRI JUL 25 2008

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES...
AT 845 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS
OVER CATALINA MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. ONE RAIN GAGE IN ORO VALLEY NEAR
SUN CITY REPORTED 1.97 INCHES IN 45 MINUTES WHILE THE GAGE IN THE
CATALINA STATE PARK REPORTED 1.47 INCHES IN 50 MINUTES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SADDLEBROOKE...ORACLE JUNCTION AND BIOSPHERE 2.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3260 11080 3250 11080 3237 11093 3225 11098
      3235 11131 3258 11133
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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 923 PM MST FRI JUL 25 2008

  CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SELLS...
  SOUTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 115 AM MST
* AT 920 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 10 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 8 IN PINAL COUNTY. REGIONAL
DOPPLER RADARS INDICATE THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
THIS EVENING. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS SLOWLY TO THE WEST.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE DEVELOP THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY
AND SOUTHWEST PINAL COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER ON ROADS AND
IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
LAT...LON 3192 11242 3251 11246 3252 11222 3267 11221
      3279 11178 3272 11178 3276 11158 3265 11140
      3257 11133 3251 11133 3252 11140 3210 11139
      3187 11192
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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 700 PM MST FRI JUL 25 2008

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
  SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY AND TOHONO OODHAM NATION. IN SOUTHEAST
  ARIZONA...COCHISE COUNTY...NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY...SANTA
  CRUZ COUNTY...TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY AND UPPER GILA
  RIVER VALLEY.
* FROM 11 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
  THIS WEEKEND AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM DOLLY APPROACH
  THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHEAST. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH
  REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEMS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...DAY OR
  NIGHT... AS WELL AS RAINFALL RATES WELL OVER ONE INCH PER
  HOUR. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AMOUNTS
  BETWEEN ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO 1.5 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. THESE RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS WOULD RESULT IN AT LEAST SOME FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS.
* FLOODING OF WASHES AND URBAN AREAS ARE POSSIBLE.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP...BUT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED.
PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT
QUICKLY. TURN AROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.
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