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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

844 AM MST SUN AUG 14 2005



AZC003-019-023-141645-

COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ-PIMA AZ-

844 AM MST SUN AUG 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM MST FOR SOUTHEAST 

PIMA...EASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES...



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP 

TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ALONG WITH SWIFTLY FLOWING WASHES AND PONDING 

OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOST OF THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN FROM 

SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY NEAR HEREFORD...NORTH OF SIERRA VISTA TO 

KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK...AND NORTHEAST OF ELGIN. 



AT 840 AM MST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH 

FLOODING WAS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS WESTWARD MOVEMENT WILL 

BRING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS TO PARTS OF EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY 

AROUND SONOITA AND ELGIN AND TO AREAS OF SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY 

AROUND THE EMPIRE MOUNTAINS. 



REMEMBER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 

DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3134 11014 3165 11009 3200 11037 3200 11066       

      3157 11068 3134 11058

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