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Flash Flood Warning for Cochise, AZ

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What is happening

At 221 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing between 1 and 2 inches of heavy rain falling near Rucker Canyon across the southwest portions of the Chiricahua Mountains. Rainfall runoff will result in flash flooding of the drainages that feed into Rucker Canyon Creek. Elsewhere, heavy rainfall that...

What the bulletin says to do

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

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At 221 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing between 1 and 2 inches of heavy rain falling near Rucker Canyon across the southwest portions of the Chiricahua Mountains. Rainfall runoff will result in flash flooding of the drainages that feed into Rucker Canyon Creek. Elsewhere, heavy rainfall that fell across the west-central portions of the Chiricahua Mountains will continue to result in flash flooding along West Turkey Creek. 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... Portal, Chiricahua National Monument, Rucker Canyon and Paradise. This includes the following highways... Route 181 between mile markers 48 and 64. Route 186 between mile markers 357 and 359. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Hwy 181 at Turkey Creek. This includes the following streams and drainages... South Fork Keating Creek, Onion Creek, Silver Creek, Fivemile Creek, East Whitetail Creek, Stanford Creek, Whitewater Draw, Pridham Creek, Leslie Creek, East Turkey Creek, Pinery Creek, Indian Creek, Ash Creek, West Whitetail Creek, Witch Creek, Wood Canyon, Cave Creek, Turkey Creek, Rucker Canyon and Keating Creek.

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Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Flash Flood Warning issued July 29 at 2:21PM MST until July 29 at 4:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

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  2. Alert

    Flash Flood Warning issued July 29 at 1:31PM MST until July 29 at 4:30PM 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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