AT 147 PM MST...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM CASA GRANDE...THROUGH CHUICHU...TO JUST NORTH OF QUEENS WELL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...AND WERE PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGEST STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
.NOW... SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THROUGH 3 PM AS THEY DRIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. ANY SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
