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Flash Flood Warning for Cochise, AZ

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Cochise
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What is happening

At 709 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.8 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks...

What the bulletin says to do

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.

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At 709 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.8 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Elfrida and McNeal. This includes Route 191 between mile markers 18 and 37. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Davis Rd between HWY 80 & HWY 191. This includes the following streams and drainages... Slavin Wash, Whitewater Draw, Ash Creek, Gadwell Canyon, Haberstock Wash, Reeves Creek, Willow Wash, Henderson Wash, Walnut Gulch and Clifford Wash.

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2 captured
  1. Update

    Flash Flood Warning issued August 5 at 7:09PM MST until August 5 at 9:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Flash Flood Warning issued August 5 at 6:19PM MST until August 5 at 9:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

    Official revision

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Tucson AZ. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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