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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

454 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2008



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COCHISE AZ-

454 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 442 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT MODERATE AND HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS FROM CHARLESTON SOUTHEAST 

TOWARD BISBEE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 

10 TO 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL TRAIN OVER THE SAME SPOT...THUS 

CONTINUING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING NEAR HIGHWAYS 80 AND 90. 

FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN PALOMINAS AND 

BISBEE.



HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AT THIS TIME OVER THE CORONADO NATIONAL 

MEMORIAL AREA WHERE UP TO FOUR INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON 

IN THIS VERY STEEP TERRAIN AREA. HIGH WATER IS LIKELY IMPACTING THE 

MONTEZUMA CANYON ROAD.



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.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3140 11032 3144 11017 3168 11007 3135 10961

      3134 11031



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