Deluge!Downpour prompts weather warning, extensive flooding

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

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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.

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

It may sound like it, however I don't watch TV or listen to the radio stations. Maybe they just read my posts.

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It Rains like this every year.

More reason to put a stop to it.

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22 states have Springfields? Also there could be a couple too small to be recognized I suppose.

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Nah, the bigger cities have multiple ZIPs.

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Nah, the bigger cities have multiple ZIPs.

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Nah, the bigger cities have multiple ZIPs.

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Dang! That was not deliberate.