Deluge!Downpour prompts weather warning, extensive flooding

Sierra Vista Herald ^ | Fri, 07/11/2014 - 9:06pm | Derek Jordan

[SandRat]

SIERRA VISTA — Friday night’s rain prompted a flash flood warning for Sierra Vista from the National Weather Service until 9:15 p.m., while police reported several flooded roads and intersections throughout the city’s west end.

Sierra Vista Cpl. Bobby Essary was out among the storm when he reported that Wilcox Drive was “like a river,” and that both that road and 7th Street were nearly impassable to traffic.

There were also reports of flooding along the Highway 90 Bypass up to Buffalo Soldier Trail, though beyond the flooding there had been no reports of people in danger, except for one car that appeared to be stalled at the intersection of 7th Street and Wilcox Drive, he said.

Earlier Friday, at about 8 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for southwestern Cochise County, including Sierra Vista, until 9:15 p.m.

Radar rainfall estimates from the agency measured an estimated one to two inches of rain in Sierra Vista in less than an hour.

Wind gusts of up to 38 mph were measured by the weather agency’s instruments at Libby Army Airfield as late as 7:55 p.m.

[jjotto]

It’s hard for me me to think of the high desert on the Mexican border as being in ‘drought’. It’s a dry climate that gets most of its little rain this time of year.

And, yep, it’s likely to be a record corn crop that’s selling below cost of most production. Probably record soybeans too.

[SandRat]

Not any more since I fell 12” off the ladder. And it’s Cactus not Woods out here.

[SandRat]

It Rains like this every year.

[COBOL2Java]

What state is that in ?

After the storm, I'd say disrepair...

[Jack Hydrazine]

A few years ago the drought was centered more on El Paso. Since then it has moved a bit NE into the TX and OK panhandle. Joe Bastardi said earlier this year that due to the the shift in the ocean temps in the Pacific that rain would fall west of I-35 (runs through the middle of OK, KS, TX, and northward). So far he was been correct. Slowly but surely it has rained more and more west of that interstate. He's thinking that a hurricane might even possibly run up in to Baja Mexico and into southern CA and AZ.

[crusty old prospector]

There are still millions of dead trees all over Texas from that one. And all the reservoirs in West Texas are still bone-dry.

[aft_lizard]

Well not to be snarky...but any meteorologist worth his salt can predict that here. It happens every year, called the monsoon. And it’s miserable. We are hoping its wetter than normal of course.

[Cold Heart]

Might be a good time for corn lobbyists to prod the EPA to increase the ethanol mandate in gasoline. Can’t have a bumper crop reduce food prices. /s

[Rockpile]

I counted up 21 Springfields one time; might be even more.

[aft_lizard]

I know southwest Kansas had record rainfalls last month. Finney County set an alltime county record with almost 12”, consider that they usually get about 20” in a year, Ford County where Dodge CIty is had almost 10”, just shy of a record amount. THe problem though is that the rain came down so much it hasn’t really soaked in much.

[Arrowhead1952]

Please send any leftovers to Texas. Thanks.

[Parley Baer]

“He’s thinking that a hurricane might even possibly run up in to Baja Mexico and into southern CA and AZ.”

I sure hope so. We really need the rain. I think the last one was around 1996-98 or there abouts.

[HiJinx]

That’s three consecutive days of heavy rain now. The Monsoon is definitely here.

I hope this forebodes a good season.

[Nuc 1.1]

Az.

[VTenigma]

Too bad they removed so many dams or they could capture the runoff in reservoirs.

[trebb]

Well, it is supposed to be “monsoon season” out that way. They are hoping for rain and they need rain, and now we get some story that they’re getting some rain and it is put in a bad way.....

[Mycroft Holmes]

And what is that I heard about the names of the Simpson’s town “Springfield”, that there’s a Springfield in every state?

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Just happen to have a zipcode town state database...

State-Springfield(s) 58 Total:
AR-1
CO-1
GA-1
IL-9
KY-1
LA-1
MA-12
ME-1
MN-1
MO-9
NE-1
NH-1
NJ-1
OH-6
OR-2
PA-1
SC-1
SD-1
TN-1
VA-4
VT-1
WV-1

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[jocon307]

That’s crazy that there’s 12 in Massachusetts! Think of another name already!

[Ditter]

“control the clouds and the rain”>>>>>>

You have been listening to NPR, CNN and MSNBC again haven’t you?

[SandRat]

Thank Dr Robin Silver and the CBD Enviro NUTS.