Flash Flood Warning

FFWTWC

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 815 PM MST.

* At 513 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain a large portion of Cochise County, with the heaviest rain extending from San Simon southwest towards Kansas Settlement and Pearce-Sunsites. Another area of heavy rain has occurred in the Tombstone area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amount s up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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... Sierra Vista, Willcox, Whetstone, Huachuca City, St. David, Tombstone, Portal, Bowie, Dragoon, Pearce-Sunsites, Chiricahua National Monument, Kartchner Caverns State Park, Fort Huachuca, Cochise, Sunizona, Kansas Settlement, Rucker Canyon, Texas Canyon and Paradise.

This includes the following highways... Route 90 between mile markers 296 and 331. Route 80 between mile markers 296 and 328...and between mile markers 400 and 413. Route 181 between mile markers 39 and 64. Route 191 between mile markers 31 and 89. Route 92 between mile markers 322 and 323. Interstate 10 between mile markers 309 and 389. Route 82 between mile markers 48 and 67. Route 186 between mile markers 327 and 359.

This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Hwy 181 at Turkey Creek.