Flood Advisory
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory Now In Effect Until 115 PM MST This Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
Where
Southeastern Graham County in southeastern Arizona... Central Greenlee County in southeastern Arizona...
When
Until 115 PM MST.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry washes. Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
Additional details
- At 1107 AM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Safford, Clifton, Thatcher, Solomon, Morenci, San Jose, Safford Regional Airport, Roper Lake State Park, Pima, Central, Swift Trail Junction, Guthrie, Frye Mesa Dam, Three Way and Mount Graham. - This includes the following highways... Route 78 near mile marker 155. Route 191 between mile markers 99 and 183...and near mile marker 185. Route 75 near mile marker 398. Route 70 between mile markers 327 and 368. Route 266 between mile markers 105 and 109...and between mile markers 114 and 116. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Ward Canyon Rd. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Affected areas
- Graham County, AZ
- Greenlee County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tucson AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m4s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NPF20RNBEA24S1J5BC5DAM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d03bd3ac637ced52d3039140b0f169055b946563.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Tucson AZ
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTWC
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.127
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSTWC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KTWC 161807 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KTWC.FA.Y.0171.000000T0000Z-260916T2015Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T13:15:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Graham County, AZ
- Greenlee County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004009 |
| SAME | 004011 |
| UGC | AZC009 |
| UGC | AZC011 |
- Polygons
- 32.76,-109.26 32.67,-109.45 32.51,-109.66 32.57,-109.78 32.57,-109.86 32.7,-109.86 32.74,-110.03 32.94,-109.88 32.95,-109.69 33.17,-109.43 33.25,-109.37 33.23,-109.17 32.76,-109.25 32.76,-109.26