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WGUS55 KTWC 092238

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AZC003-100045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

338 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 545 PM MST



* AT 335 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE 

  RAINFALL CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... 

  INCLUDING THE TOWN OF BENSON. RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM THE STRONG 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON 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 NUMEROUS STREETS WERE 

CLOSED IN BENSON DUE TO FLOODING...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 80 NEAR VALLEY 

PARK TRAILER PARK. OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED THAT RESIDENTS HAD TO BE 

EVACUATED FROM 2 OR 3 HOMES ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO FLOODING.



WEATHER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.50 AND 2.50 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 

AREA.



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

      3206 11025



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