Flood Warning
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until 3 AM MST Early This Morning
- 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 continues.
Where
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...
When
Until 300 AM MST.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas.
Additional details
- At 1249 AM MST, gauge reports indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... North Canyon Creek, Beardsley Canal, Agua Fria River, Cave Creek, Deadman Wash, Apache Wash, Skunk Creek and New River. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria and Deer Valley Airport. - 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
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Q5FKV9HJVGWJE5EFTEVNNZ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a436b50a44f337dd814b9332e428bb86a3f8beb6.001.1
- 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.3252
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWPSR |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KPSR 170749 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KPSR.FA.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260917T1000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T03:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.38ac549034c49900e4d2f901242afe47cf619aa7.001.1,2026-09-16T20:36:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c90dde59664d77169178fecdafa627611671d04b.001.1,2026-09-16T19:35:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3d760ac290222b624ef46ef43e19b23cc63c30fd.001.1,2026-09-16T17:04:00-07:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Maricopa County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZC013 |
- Polygons
- 33.8,-112.21 33.81,-112.12 33.8,-112.02 33.79,-111.99 33.76,-112.0 33.73,-112.02 33.69,-112.04 33.66,-112.05 33.64,-112.06 33.63,-112.07 33.64,-112.2 33.65,-112.26 33.7,-112.28 33.78,-112.26 33.8,-112.21