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WGUS75 KTWC 142132

FFSTWC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

232 PM MST THU AUG 14 2008



AZC003-142245-

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COCHISE AZ-

232 PM MST THU AUG 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MST FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 224 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED NEAR HEREFORD...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIERRA 

VISTA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MERGED 

OVER THE AREA WITH SEVERAL TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

CORONADO NATIONAL MEMORIAL.



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.



LAT...LON 3154 11026 3157 11002 3154 10980 3134 10976

      3134 11000 3134 11026



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