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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

145 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA VISTA



* UNTIL 315 PM MST



* AT 136 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL   

  WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A HALF INCH IN A HALF HOUR. THIS STORM   

  IS ALSO MOVING VERY SLOWLY WHICH WILL ALSO INCREASE THE THREAT FOR 

  FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING THAT THE 

  HEAVIEST RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM IS OCCURRING IN THE   

  FOOTHILLS OF THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS AND WILL FLOW INTO THE CITY OF 

  SIERRA VISTA. THIS STORM IS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE...NICKSVILLE AND HEREFORD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3144 11039 3139 11015 3161 11016 3161 11040



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