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WGUS75 KTWC 072340

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

440 PM MST THU AUG 7 2008



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COCHISE AZ-

440 PM MST THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 429 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR HUACHUCA CITY...OR NEAR SIERRA VISTA...MOVING NORTHWEST 

AT 6 MPH. CURRENT RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT RAINFALL RATES HAVE 

BEGUN TO FALL...HOWEVER...CONTINUED RAINFALL OVER THE AREA WILL ONLY 

ADD TO THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS AS WELL AS THOSE 

LIVING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION 

AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS...AS FLASH FLOODING CAN OCCUR 

WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

SAN PEDRO RIVER...BABOCOMARI RIVER AND SLAUGHTER HOUSE WASH.



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.



LAT...LON 3139 11044 3172 11044 3158 11016 3140 11023



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