Flash Flood Warning
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 16 At 1:13PM MST Until September 16 At 3:45PM MST By NWS Phoenix AZ
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWPSR The National Weather Service in Phoenix has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Maricopa County in south central Arizona... * Until 345 PM MST. * At 113 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated additional thunderstorms with heavy rainfall moving into the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. 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... Mesa and Falcon Field Airport.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Maricopa County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m13s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NXP1VQDRYJ71BYAKVV5TM0
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5ac798a2f4eafc41bbb191de4151fe223be3f0f7.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPSR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3641
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWPSR |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS55 KPSR 162013 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KPSR.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-260916T2245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T15:45:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Maricopa County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZC013 |
- Polygons
- 33.49,-111.76 33.43,-111.74 33.43,-111.67 33.5,-111.68 33.49,-111.76