Flood Advisory
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 1230 AM MST Thursday
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...
When
Until 1230 AM MST.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 925 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.75 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Scottsdale, Fountain Hills and McDowell Mountain Park. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Affected areas
- Maricopa County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~55s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PSTC7VEQZ4J339SQ97CKAJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a2c8d7e4d2644d48278ed6b8cba94db4353f2ac0.001.1
- 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.6213
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSPSR |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KPSR 170425 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MST THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPSR.FA.Y.0060.260917T0425Z-260917T0730Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T00:30:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Maricopa County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZC013 |
- Polygons
- 33.76,-111.84 33.72,-111.76 33.66,-111.69 33.59,-111.72 33.57,-111.74 33.52,-111.85 33.65,-111.89 33.71,-111.86 33.76,-111.84