Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Tucson AZ
Issued: 2013-07-24T17:43:24-07:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T19:45:00-07:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 7:45 PM MST. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA…
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA…

* UNTIL 745 PM MST

* AT 533 PM MST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE
WINCHESTER MOUNTAINS WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED. THIS AMOUNT OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MULESHOE
RANCH PRESERVE WITH CASCABEL WELL DOWNSTREAM.
Instruction: 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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES
AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Area Description: Graham; Cochise