Flash Flood Warning for Santa Cruz, AZ
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Santa Cruz
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- Severe
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- Immediate
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What is happening
At 708 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.8 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly....
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.
Full official description
Bulletin details
At 708 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.8 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. 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... Patagonia and Patagonia Lake State Park. This includes Route 82 between mile markers 12 and 25. This includes the following streams and drainages... Santa Cruz River, Harshaw Creek and Sonoita Creek.
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 5 at 7:08PM MST until August 5 at 9:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Official revision - Alert
Flash Flood Warning issued August 5 at 6:34PM MST until August 5 at 9:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
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Source and limitations
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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