Flash Flood Warning
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 16 At 6:25PM MST Until September 16 At 9:30PM 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... South Central Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 930 PM MST. * At 625 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... Marana, Avra Valley, Pinal Airpark, Picacho Peak State Park, Red Rock and Dove Mountain. This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 218 and 239. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Sasco Rd at Santa Cruz Wash.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Pima County, AZ
- Pinal County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tucson AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PFGQCZ8M26X0YFRFVSBDCW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7d083ae4f140e11eb6c0beeaf766e4199a3cad7a.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.2108
- 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 170125 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0226.260917T0125Z-260917T0430Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T21:30:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pima County, AZ
- Pinal County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004019 |
| SAME | 004021 |
| UGC | AZC019 |
| UGC | AZC021 |
- Polygons
- 32.5,-111.4 32.63,-111.49 32.7,-111.37 32.5,-111.07 32.41,-111.2 32.41,-111.33 32.5,-111.4