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WGUS55 KTWC 170045
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
545 PM MST THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 700 PM MST.
* AT 545 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE,
BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. 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...
RUCKER CANYON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CAVE CREEK, ASH CREEK, LESLIE CREEK, WHITEWATER DRAW, RUCKER
CANYON, TURKEY CREEK, EAST TURKEY CREEK, PRIDHAM CREEK, PINERY
CREEK AND WITCH CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3191 10937 3190 10925 3183 10920 3169 10922
3164 10926 3168 10942 3176 10943
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
KJS
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