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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
551 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 730 PM MST.
* AT 551 PM MST, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.1 TO 0.2 INCH
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING. SOUTH TURKEY CREEK, FOREST ROAD 42B, AND PARADISE ROAD
ARE FLOODED. EAST TURKEY CREEK IS BANKFULL.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
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...
PORTAL AND PARADISE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CAVE CREEK, SILVER CREEK, KEATING CREEK, ONION CREEK, EAST
WHITETAIL CREEK, EAST TURKEY CREEK, TURKEY CREEK, SAN SIMON RIVER,
SOUTH FORK KEATING CREEK AND PINERY 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 10934 3209 10923 3211 10913 3209 10905
3193 10909 3183 10920 3190 10925
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
KJS
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