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WGUS75 KTWC 272315

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

415 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2008



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COCHISE AZ-

415 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR

CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 408 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED OVER STATE HIGHWAY 181 FROM SUNIZONA EAST. 

HOWEVER STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA AND 

LIKELY WILL MOVE THROUGH OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 



WASHES AND CREEKS ARE LIKELY RUNNING AND OVERFLOWING SINCE RADAR 

INDICATED THAT UP TO THREE INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN. TWO OF THE 

AFFECTED CREEKS ARE TURKEY CREEK NORTH OF HIGHWAY 181 AND ASH CREEKS 

SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 181.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3193 10967 3192 10938 3181 10938 3182 10966



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