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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

302 PM MST FRI SEP 9 2005



AZC003-092245-

COCHISE AZ-

302 PM MST FRI SEP 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL

COCHISE COUNTY...



ALTHOUGH WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...THE 

RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN NEAR BENSON WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY FILL INTO NORMALLY 

DRY WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. STORM MOTION IS 

TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BENSON REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET 

FLOODING WAS PRESENT IN BENSON...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 1.50 AND 2.25 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.



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

      3206 11025



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