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WGUS75 KTWC 092046

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

146 PM MST FRI SEP 9 2005



AZC003-092115-

COCHISE AZ-

146 PM MST FRI SEP 9 2005



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

COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 145 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND 

KARTCHNER CAVERNS...AS WELL AS ALONG SIBYL ROAD NORTH OF SAINT 

DAVID. STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BENSON AND 

SAINT DAVID...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS BOTH TOWNS. 



WEATHER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.25 AND 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 80 BETWEEN 

BENSON AND SAINT DAVID AND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 90 AND 

INTERSTATE 10. 



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 3187 11042 3183 11028 3193 11013

      3206 11025



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