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Cochise County emergency officials warn of multi-day heavy rain, urge residents to sign up for alerts
Summary
Cochise County Emergency Services Director Dan DeShawn told KWCD listeners that a weather system tied to Tropical Storm Priscilla could bring several days of steady rain, raising flood risk and prompting officials to push wireless emergency alerts and the Ready/Set/Go evacuation framework.
Cochise County Emergency Services Director Dan DeShawn told KWCD's First Watch that a weather system linked to Tropical Storm Priscilla could produce several days of steady rain and urged residents to sign up for county emergency alerts.
"It's gonna lead to widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms," DeShawn said, saying the event differs from a typical monsoon because rainfall could be more widespread and longer lasting. "So here we're looking at definitely 3 days of rain Saturday to Monday. You know most likely is that 1.8 maybe 2 inches but the high end…
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