Flood Warning
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 830 AM MST Thursday
- 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... Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...
When
Until 830 AM MST Thursday.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Low-water crossings may become inundated with water and may not be passable.
Additional details
- At 834 PM MST, A Maricopa County Flood Control District Gauge reported water levels at flood stage along the East Maricopa Floodway at Queen Creek Road. Flooding downstream may impact low water crossings along Hunt Highway and in the Gila River Indian Reservation through the overnight hours and potentially longer. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mainly rural areas of Maricopa and Pinal Counties. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe.
Affected areas
- Maricopa County, AZ
- Pinal 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
- 01M2PPWA661NX3XRCNAMMAA1J8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ab4b2d6de2ef052c47cdb84c401b573ff49fdf39.001.1
- 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.5069
- 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 170334 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM MST THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPSR.FA.W.0006.260917T0334Z-260917T1530Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T08:30:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Maricopa County, AZ
- Pinal County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| SAME | 004021 |
| UGC | AZC013 |
| UGC | AZC021 |
- Polygons
- 33.2,-111.76 33.21,-111.76 33.22,-111.75 33.24,-111.74 33.25,-111.73 33.27,-111.73 33.26,-111.72 33.25,-111.72 33.24,-111.73 33.2,-111.75 33.17,-111.75 33.17,-111.85 33.15,-111.85 33.15,-111.86 33.18,-111.86 33.18,-111.76 33.2,-111.76