Flood Warning
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
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Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 745 PM MST This Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...
When
Until 745 PM MST.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 441 PM MST, gauge reports indicated water levels along Indian Bend Wash above alarm stage due to earlier thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Indian Bend Wash. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Paradise Valley and Downtown Scottsdale. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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
- ~33s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2P9KGXDP6HR5JSN6RJEHJ7H
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cbfae99e13501ad8bab78e99edbd7f9c2022484c.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.9094
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWPSR |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KPSR 162342 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MST THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPSR.FA.W.0004.260916T2342Z-260917T0245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T19:45:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Maricopa County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZC013 |
- Polygons
- 33.62,-112.04 33.55,-111.95 33.49,-111.93 33.47,-111.93 33.47,-111.9 33.55,-111.89 33.63,-112.0 33.63,-112.01 33.62,-112.04