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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1203 PM MST THU AUG 3 2006



AZC003-023-032030-

COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ-

1203 PM MST THU AUG 3 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MST FOR

EASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTIES...



AT 1200 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE CANELO HILLS IN EASTERN SANTA 

CRUZ COUNTY. IN COCHISE COUNTY THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING 

NEAR FT HUACHUCA...SIERRA VISTA...HEREFORD...AND PALOMINAS...WITH 

NEW DEVELOPMENT STARTING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST AREAS OF 

THE COUNTY. SPOTTER REPORTS FROM SIERRA VISTA AND HEREFORD INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH WITH WIDESPREAD STREET 

FLOODING. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  HUACHUCA CITY BY 1210 PM MST

  SONOITA AND PATAGONIA BY 1220 PM MST

  WHETSTONE BY 1225 PM MST

  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3164 10937 3134 10966 3134 11061 3173 11070

      3173 11043 3185 11044 3182 10985



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