Flood Advisory
NWS Tucson AZ ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 615 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
Northwestern Pima County in southeastern Arizona...
When
Until 615 PM MST.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
Additional details
- At 313 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Why. - This includes the following highways... Route 85 between mile markers 48 and 55. Route 86 between mile markers 53 and 56. - 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
- Pima County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tucson AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~16s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M385AX3E6FDS6VA664VM31FJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.deadfefb26306e7dae66e5f10693160391c6800f.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.6860
- 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 232214 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTWC.FA.Y.0186.260923T2214Z-260924T0115Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T18:15:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pima County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004019 |
| UGC | AZC019 |
- Polygons
- 32.31,-112.79 32.25,-112.8 32.21,-112.7 32.34,-112.69 32.34,-112.78 32.33,-112.79 32.31,-112.79