Flood Warning
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 8 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 800 PM MST.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 502 PM MST, Gauge reports indicated several washes still above alarm stage from the heavy rain earlier due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Cave Creek, Beardsley Canal, Agua Fria River, Deadman Wash, Skunk Creek, New River, North Canyon Creek and Apache Wash. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Phoenix, Glendale, Scottsdale, Peoria, Deer Valley Airport and Desert Ridge Marketplace. - 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
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PAWNN8E22KJP5HDZBVJMZ8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3d760ac290222b624ef46ef43e19b23cc63c30fd.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.73
- 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 170004 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPSR.FA.W.0005.260917T0004Z-260917T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T20:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Maricopa County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZC013 |
- Polygons
- 33.81,-112.12 33.8,-112.21 33.78,-112.26 33.7,-112.28 33.65,-112.26 33.64,-112.2 33.63,-112.06 33.64,-111.98 33.67,-111.91 33.7,-111.87 33.76,-111.84 33.79,-111.86 33.8,-111.95 33.8,-111.98 33.81,-112.12