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WGUS75 KTWC 132147

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

247 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005



AZC003-132330-

COCHISE AZ-

247 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN

COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 245 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MERGED OVER SIERRA VISTA. THE 

CLUSTER WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



BETWEEN 235 AND 245 PM...THREE SEPARATE STORM SPOTTERS IN SIERRA 

VISTA REPORTED FLOODING ALONG BUFFALO SOLDIER TRAIL AND IN DOWNTOWN 

SIERRA VISTA. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN...PERHAPS OVER 

AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...HAS FALLEN ALONG CHARLESTON ROAD 

BETWEEN SIERRA VISTA AND THE SAN PEDRO RIVER...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 92 

ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SIERRA VISTA.



EXPECT FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS... 

STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 

LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES. 

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



LAT...LON 3146 11045 3147 11016 3168 11016 3166 11045



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