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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

659 PM MST WED AUG 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISBEE



* UNTIL 830 PM MST



* AT 651 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED           

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THE CITY OF BISBEE.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE INDICATED 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE 

FALLEN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF BISBEE...AS WELL AS SPOTTERS 

IN THE BISBEE AREA HAVE REPORTED AT LEAST AN INCH PER HOUR. IN 

ADDITION NUMEROUS STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THE CITY 

OF BISBEE AND ONE HOME HAS BEEN AFFECTED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS... 

STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 

LYING SPOTS.



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 3151 11002 3134 10997 3134 10963 3158 10968



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