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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

209 PM MST FRI SEP 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 345 PM MST



* AT 209 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR BENSON AND ALONG HIGHWAY 

  90 BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND KARTCHNER CAVERNS. STORMS CONTINUE TO 

  DEVELOP TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BENSON...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH 

  ACROSS BENSON.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BENSON REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET 

FLOODING WAS PRESENT...WASHES WERE FILLED WITH SWIFT RUNNING WATER 

AND WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 80...NEAR THE VALLEY HIGH TRAILER 

PARK. 



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.



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SAME 

LOCATION. 



LAT...LON 3197 11041 3188 11043 3183 11028 3193 11013

      3206 11025



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