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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

112 PM MST FRI SEP 9 2005



AZC003-092115-

COCHISE AZ-

112 PM MST FRI SEP 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL

COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 110 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 

SOUTHWEST OF BENSON AND MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH INTO THE CITY. 

RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 80 

BETWEEN BENSON AND SAINT DAVID. 



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS...AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS FILLED WITH RUNNING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. DO 

NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



ELSEWHERE...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN 

EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM MST.





LAT...LON 3197 11041 3183 11028 3193 11013 3206 11025



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