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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

326 PM MST FRI JUL 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 515 PM MST



* AT 315 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND 

  WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS SLOWLY 

  TO THE WEST NORTHWEST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR 

  ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. CHARLESTON ROAD NEAR TOMBSTONE IS 

  NOW CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  TOMBSTONE...SIERRA VISTA AND BENSON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

THIS AREA.



LAT...LON 3156 11002 3157 11006 3161 11018 3182 11016

      3188 11004 3188 10993 3170 10996 3163 10990



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