Flash Flood Warning
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 16 At 5:52PM MST Until September 16 At 8:45PM MST By NWS Tucson AZ
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 845 PM MST. * At 552 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has 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... Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana, Casas Adobes, Drexel Heights, Flowing Wells, Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation, Tortolita, Tucson Mountain Park, Saguaro National Park West, Tucson Estates, Valencia West, Catalina Foothills, Picture Rocks, Ryan AirField and Dove Mountain. This includes the following highways... Route 86 between mile markers 160 and 170. Route 77 between mile markers 70 and 76. Interstate 10 between mile markers 240 and 258. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... 1st Ave north of Fort Lowell Rd, Stone Ave at Mabel St, Silverbell Rd near Ina Rd, Camino De La Tierra at the Rillito River, Camino de Oeste from Sweetwater to Gates Pass, Ironwood Hills Dr from Shannon to Camino de Oeste, Mark Rd from Jeffery Rd to Los Reales Rd, Overton Rd at Canada del Oro, Sunset Rd west of Camino de Oeste and Black Wash at S Camino de Oeste.
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
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PDM8M6BVYRT2E6NMAFAE5T
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.65392289b35423c6bddecd9e6bb87ea750b347ed.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.1294
- 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 | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWTWC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS55 KTWC 170052 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0225.260917T0052Z-260917T0345Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T20:45:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pima County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004019 |
| UGC | AZC019 |
- Polygons
- 32.0,-111.2 31.99,-111.14 32.31,-110.91 32.48,-111.1 32.41,-111.2 32.07,-111.17 32.01,-111.2 32.0,-111.19 32.0,-111.2