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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

546 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008



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COCHISE AZ-

546 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008



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

CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 539 PM MST...RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

OVER DOUGLAS...RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICTED 1.00 TO 

3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING IN THE CITY. ADDITIONALLY...THE PALM GROVE WASH FLOWING 

THROUGH PIRTLEVILLE AND DOUGLAS WILL LIKELY HAVE FLASH FLOODING OVER 

THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3134 10969 3148 10967 3148 10940 3134 10942



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