Flash Flood Warning
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 16 At 11:40AM MST Until September 16 At 2:45PM MST By NWS Tucson AZ
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 245 PM MST. * At 1140 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Gu Oidak, Cowlic, Kupk and Itak. This includes Route 86 between mile markers 101 and 112. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Indian Route 20 at Cowlic.
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
- Pima County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tucson AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NRAWEENGJQHNDHC1WMF7A7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6e508992035c65227d7b81ad57f3e3d2fe42c734.001.1
- 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.1161
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWTWC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS55 KTWC 161840 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0218.260916T1840Z-260916T2145Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T14:45:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pima County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004019 |
| UGC | AZC019 |
- Polygons
- 31.66,-112.02 31.66,-111.95 31.82,-111.9 31.96,-111.91 32.1,-112.08 32.01,-112.14 31.94,-112.22 31.85,-112.19 31.73,-112.16 31.66,-112.02