Flood Advisory
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 930 PM MST This Evening
- 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
Southeastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona...
When
Until 930 PM MST.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry washes. Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
Additional details
- At 430 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.3 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Elgin, Lochiel and Canelo. - This includes the following highways... Route 82 between mile markers 25 and 26. Route 83 between mile markers 14 and 24. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Affected areas
- Santa Cruz County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tucson AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35Q9MNS43KH4VBK3FDVKZ7Z
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.85ff265979bf95aac80e0fb8adad4a3453709ec5.001.1
- 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.9085
- 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 | FLSTWC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KTWC 222330 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MST THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTWC.FA.Y.0183.260922T2330Z-260923T0430Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T21:30:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Santa Cruz County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004023 |
| UGC | AZC023 |
- Polygons
- 31.33,-110.81 31.52,-110.74 31.62,-110.72 31.63,-110.66 31.62,-110.58 31.61,-110.56 31.57,-110.5 31.33,-110.59 31.33,-110.81