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AZC003-030300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ

555 PM MST THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN ARIZONA



* UNTIL 800 PM MST



* AT 545 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM A STATIONARY STORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF SAN SIMON IN

  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING THAT BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 445 PM FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER A 

REMOTE AREA SOUTH OF SAN SIMON OR ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE 

CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS. CREEKS AND WASHES DRAINING NORTH AND NORTHEAST 

TOWARD RANCH LAND SOUTH OF SAN SIMON ARE LIKELY OVERFLOWING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3204 10934 3203 10906 3230 10906 3230 10931

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