Flash Flood Warning for Cochise, AZ
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- Cochise
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- Severe
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What is happening
At 1123 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.8 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 and automated gauges....
What the bulletin says to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. 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 1123 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.8 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 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... Elfrida, Sunizona, McNeal and Rucker Canyon. This includes the following highways... Route 80 between mile markers 395 and 414. Route 181 between mile markers 39 and 51. Route 191 between mile markers 17 and 39. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Davis Rd between HWY 80 & HWY 191 and Hwy 181 at Turkey Creek. This includes the following streams and drainages... Stanford Creek, Turkey Creek, Leslie Creek, Slavin Wash, Ash Creek, Mulberry Canyon, Silver Creek, Henderson Wash, Walnut Gulch, Cave Creek, Big Bend Creek, Pridham Creek, Clifford Wash, Rucker Canyon, Whitewater Draw, Gadwell Canyon, Haberstock Wash, Reeves Creek and Willow Wash.
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 5 at 11:23PM MST until August 6 at 1:15AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Official revision - Alert
Flash Flood Warning issued August 5 at 10:09PM MST until August 6 at 1:15AM 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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