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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

337 PM MST FRI JUL 27 2007



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...

  EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 500 PM MST



* AT 332 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM AN EARLIER SERIES OF STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND   

  NOW A SECOND ROUND OF STORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA. THIS NEW    

  SET OF STORMS ARE 6 MILES EAST OF SIERRA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 5  

  MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  PALOMINAS AND JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 80 AND 90.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3134 11059 3134 10985 3168 10995 3171 11062



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