Flash Flood Warning
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 245 PM MST This Afternoon For Central Pima County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 132 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 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
- ~24s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NYQB0K4FYBRS1FX2XRGCA2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.94cc5ef3fddf415c2710da0a902411b16ddd11ed.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.4058
- 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 | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSTWC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS75 KTWC 162032 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0218.000000T0000Z-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