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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

242 AM MST THU JUL 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BISBEE

  NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 545 AM MST



* AT 242 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY AND EASTERN SANTA 

  CRUZ COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN 

  OBSERVED WITH THESE STORMS WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.50 

  INCHES REPORTED IN FORT HUACHUCA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY 

DRY WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3140 11039 3135 10962 3159 10973 3194 11044

      3172 11044 3173 11056



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