Flash Flood Warning
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 16 At 10:15PM MST Until September 17 At 4:00AM 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... North Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 400 AM MST. * At 1015 PM MST, An automated river gauge along the Brawley Wash at Milewide Road indicated a heavy flow of 2300 cfs (cubic feet per second) that was still rising late this evening. This heavy flow will still result in flash flooding along and near the Brawley wash as the water continues to drain into the early morning hours.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
Source
Gauges reported.
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 Estates and Picture Rocks. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Manville Rd at Brawley Wash.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Pima County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tucson AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PWNMEAZ1Z9YN4V91BBJY23
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.05b2d4023e00c74dfdb8bb7194b99edb2c8e3913.001.1
- 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.7477
- 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 170515 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0227.260917T0515Z-260917T1100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T04:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pima County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004019 |
| UGC | AZC019 |
- Polygons
- 32.17,-111.13 32.1,-111.33 32.14,-111.29 32.18,-111.24 32.22,-111.24 32.3,-111.27 32.34,-111.28 32.38,-111.27 32.41,-111.27 32.46,-111.34 32.5,-111.37 32.49,-111.35 32.45,-111.31 32.41,-111.24 32.38,-111.23 32.34,-111.25 32.3,-111.25 32.25,-111.23 32.21,-111.21 32.17,-111.13