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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

313 AM MST THU JUL 27 2006



AZC003-023-271245-

COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ-

313 AM MST THU JUL 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES...



AT 313 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST 

COCHISE COUNTY AND NORTHEAST SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR HAS OCCURED ALONG AND NEAR 

HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN SONOITA AND THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY 90 IN 

COCHISE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...THE AREA NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 

80 AND 90...BETWEEN BISBEE AND SIERRA VISTA...HAS ALSO RECEIVED 

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES AN HOUR...WITH LOCALIZED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 1.50 INCHES.  



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED 

ACT QUICKLY...AND 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. 



LAT...LON 3135 11040 3135 10962 3159 10973 3164 11009

      3197 11030 3197 11044 3173 11045 3173 11069

      3145 11060



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