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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

507 PM MST MON JUN 29 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILLCOX...



* UNTIL 630 PM MST



* AT 500 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT FROM 

1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. 

ADDITIONALLY...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED 

NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN WILLCOX. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND WASHES 

ARE LIKELY TO SEE FLOODING THROUGH 630 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MULESHOE

  RANCH PRESERVE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



&&



LAT...LON 3243 11044 3244 10971 3216 10970 3211 10987

      3220 11044



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