Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Aug 17, 2005, 6:59 PM MST (01:59 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2005, 7:30 PM MST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cochise County, AZ

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000 
WGUS55 KTWC 180204
FFWTWC
AZC003-180330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
659 PM MST WED AUG 17 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISBEE

* UNTIL 830 PM MST

* AT 651 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED           
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THE CITY OF BISBEE.

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE INDICATED 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE 
FALLEN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF BISBEE...AS WELL AS SPOTTERS 
IN THE BISBEE AREA HAVE REPORTED AT LEAST AN INCH PER HOUR. IN 
ADDITION NUMEROUS STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THE CITY 
OF BISBEE AND ONE HOME HAS BEEN AFFECTED.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CAUSE 
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS... 
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 
LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3151 11002 3134 10997 3134 10963 3158 10968

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

000 
WGUS75 KTWC 180247
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
745 PM MST WED AUG 17 2005

AZC003-180330-
COCHISE AZ-
745 PM MST WED AUG 17 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
COCHISE COUNTY...

AT 734 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF 
RAIN IN ABOUT AN HOUR IN THE CITY OF BISBEE. RADAR RAINFALL 
ESTIMATES SHOWED A PEAK OF ABOUT 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN AREAS TO THE 
EAST OF BISBEE. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES...AND OTHER LOW LYING 
AREAS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3151 11002 3134 10997 3134 10963 3158 10968

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

000 
WGUS75 KTWC 180316
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
810 PM MST WED AUG 17 2005

AZC003-180320-
COCHISE AZ-
810 PM MST WED AUG 17 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

STORM SPOTTERS IN BISBEE REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL WHICH 
OCCURRED WITHIN AN HOUR EARLIER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONALLY RADAR 
RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWED OVER 2 INCHES IN AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF 
THE CITY OF BISBEE. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS CAUSED SOME MINOR STREET 
FLOODING WITHIN THE CITY OF BISBEE.

ACTIVITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THIS EVENING HENCE PROMPTING 
THE CANCELLATION OF THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.  

LAT...LON 3151 11002 3134 10997 3134 10963 3158 10968

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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