Flash Flood in Cochise County, Arizona

Flash Flood August 14, 2018 · Cochise County, Arizona

Death

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain of 1.5 to 2 inches fell over a two hour period over and just east of the 2017 Lizard Fire Burn Scar. A motorist drown when his car became stuck in flood waters on Cochise Stronghold Road a mile south of Dragoon Road.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms moved west across mainly Graham and Cochise Counties in southeast Arizona. Storms produced damaging winds and flash flooding in Safford. Heavy rain and flash flooding occurred in Saint David and over the Lizard Fire Burn Scar. One motorist drown in his vehicle when attempting to cross a flooded Cochise Stronghold Road.

Began near Dragoon (32.0137, -109.9758).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 781930. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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