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WGUS75 KTWC 161215

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

509 AM MST WED AUG 16 2006



AZC003-161315-

COCHISE AZ-

509 AM MST WED AUG 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM MST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 502 AM MST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST COCHISE 

COUNTY IN AND AROUND THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS. SINCE 445 AM 

MST...RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL RATES HAD DECREASED IN THIS AREA BUT 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE HUACHUCA 

MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN SLOPES EARLY THIS MORNING. 



REMEMBER...IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT 

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.



LAT...LON 3151 11044 3134 11045 3135 11020 3151 11024



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