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WGUS75 KTWC 140015

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

515 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



AZC003-140145-

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COCHISE AZ-

515 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 506 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST COCHISE 

COUNTY. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN FORT HUACHUCA REPORTED A HALF INCH OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ONLY 5 MINUTES. IN ADDITION...A WEATHER SPOTTER 

IN HEREFORD REPORTED 0.51 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAS FALLEN NEAR HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN SIERRA VISTA AND 

PALOMINAS. 



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 3169 11034 3157 10997 3134 11000 3134 11044



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