Flash Flood Warning

FFWTWC

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

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

* Until 115 AM MST.

* At 1009 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.8 and 1.8 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. 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... Portal, Pearce-Sunsites, Elfrida, Sunizona, McNeal, Rucker Canyon and Paradise.

This includes the following highways... Route 80 between mile markers 395 and 415. Route 181 between mile markers 39 and 56. Route 191 between mile markers 17 and 49.

This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Davis Rd between HWY 80 & HWY 191 and Hwy 181 at Turkey Creek.

This includes the following streams and drainages... Stanford Creek, East Turkey Creek, Turkey Creek, Leslie Creek, Slavin Wash, Ash Creek, Mulberry Canyon, Onion Creek, Silver Creek, Henderson Wash, Walnut Gulch, Witch Creek, Cave Creek, Big Bend Creek, Pridham Creek, Pinery Creek, Clifford Wash, Rucker Canyon, Whitewater Draw, Gadwell Canyon, Haberstock Wash, Reeves Creek, Willow Wash and Fivemile Creek.