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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

1029 PM MST FRI AUG 15 2008



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COCHISE AZ-

1029 PM MST FRI AUG 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY...



AT 1024 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF COCHISE COUNTY. 



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THE STORMS HAVE BEEN 

DECREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR OR SO. HOURLY RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES HAVE DECREASED CONSIDERABLY FROM WHEN THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WAS FIRST ISSUED. THE LATEST ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AMOUNTS 

OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE FAIRLY 

COMMON NEAR BOWIE AND WILLCOX...BUT ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 

TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR BOWIE...WILLCOX AND KANSAS SETTLEMENT. 



THREE HOUR RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT A LARGE SWATH OF WELL OVER 

ONE INCH OCCURRED FROM NEAR WILLCOX TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER NEAR 

SAN SIMON AND EXTENDED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FOR 10 TO 20 MILES. 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES MAY HAVE OCCURRED NEAR THE DOS CABEZAS 

MOUNTAINS EAST OF WILLCOX AND SOUTHWEST OF BOWIE. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. 



LAT...LON 3237 10982 3240 10906 3201 10907 3196 10978



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