Flash Flood Warning for Cochise, AZ
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- Cochise
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- Severe
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What is happening
At 947 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges....
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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Bulletin details
At 947 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. 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... Sierra Vista, Hereford, Whetstone, Huachuca City, Tombstone, Fort Huachuca, Parker Canyon Lake, Charleston, Ramsey Canyon Preserve and Fairbank. This includes the following highways... Route 90 between mile markers 305 and 336. Route 80 between mile markers 314 and 319...and between mile markers 321 and 334. Route 92 between mile markers 322 and 335. Route 82 between mile markers 47 and 67. Route 83 between mile markers 3 and 5. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Moson Rd from HWY 90 and Hereford Rd. This includes the following streams and drainages... Slaughter House Wash, Gadwell Canyon, San Pedro River, Babocomari River, Spring Creek, Willow Wash and Walnut Gulch.
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 5 at 9:47PM MST until August 5 at 11:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 5 at 8:00PM MST until August 5 at 11:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
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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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