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WGUS75 KTWC 212107

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

205 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006



AZC003-212215-

COCHISE AZ-

205 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 205 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIERRA 

VISTA...MOVING EAST AT ONLY 5 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF RAINFALL RATES 

OF ONE AN INCH PER HOUR OR GREATER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SIERRA 

VISTA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ON 

THE EAST SLOPES OF THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS...WHICH MEANS HEAVY RUNOFF 

IS LIKELY TO BEGIN SOON IN WASHES AND SMALL STREAMS FLOWING INTO 

SIERRA VISTA.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED 

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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



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