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WGUS75 KTWC 130209

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

706 PM MST FRI AUG 12 2005



AZC003-130345-

COCHISE AZ-

706 PM MST FRI AUG 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN

COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 658 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER THE CITY OF 

SIERRA VISTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



THE SIERRA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET 

FLOODING IN SIERRA VISTA AT 656 PM MST. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS 

HAVE ALSO REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN SIERRA VISTA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS IN SIERRA VISTA 

THIS EVENING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES. 

IF THE ROAD AHEAD IS FLOODED...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.



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.



LAT...LON 3158 11037 3148 11036 3150 11027 3149 11017

      3157 11020 3163 11023 3162 11031



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