Flash Flood Warning
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 7 PM MST This Evening For West Central Cochise County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 427 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.8 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Dragoon and Pearce-Sunsites. This includes the following highways... Route 191 between mile markers 48 and 55. Interstate 10 between mile markers 315 and 318.
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
- Cochise County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tucson AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~21s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2P8QP5K6TNW83WKM4VPX0N1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.83d56f72c93beac85ce36e26486f800f385ba6d1.001.1
- 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.8723
- 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 162327 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0222.000000T0000Z-260917T0200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T19:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cochise County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004003 |
| UGC | AZC003 |
- Polygons
- 31.81,-110.0 31.8,-109.85 31.98,-109.82 32.12,-109.97 31.99,-110.17 31.96,-110.17 31.95,-110.01 31.82,-110.01 31.81,-110.0