Flood Warning
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
Details
Flood Warning For The Upstream Release Of Salt River Below Granite Reef On The Salt River In Effect Until 11 AM MST Wednesday
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by upstream dam release continues.
Where
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...
When
Until 1100 AM MST Wednesday.
Impacts
Flooding of the Salt River below Granite Reef Dam is occurring. Flooding of low water crossings across the Salt River upstream of Tempe Town Lake, including McKellips Road, is occurring.
Additional details
- At 932 AM MST, dam operators reported over 1000 cfs continues to be released from Granite Reef Dam. Flooding due to a dam floodgate release will continue. - Flooding is occurring along the Salt River. - Salt River between Granite Reef Dam and Tempe Town Lake. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. Flooding is occurring. It is important to know where you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or creeks.
Affected areas
- Maricopa County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M70JSTVK1QHG3C6J5YXYV8Q7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e4d1003c3b913b4d4fddba5d0073ad1c7b18c3cf.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPSR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1070
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWPSR |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KPSR 091638 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING FOR THE UPSTREAM RELEASE OF SALT RIVER BELOW GRANITE REEF ON THE SALT RIVER IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPSR.FA.W.0043.261109T1638Z-261111T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-11T11:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Maricopa County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004013 |
| UGC | AZC013 |
- Polygons
- 33.51,-111.69 33.49,-111.73 33.48,-111.8 33.43,-111.89 33.43,-111.91 33.44,-111.91 33.44,-111.89 33.45,-111.86 33.47,-111.84 33.49,-111.81 33.5,-111.8 33.5,-111.78 33.49,-111.75 33.52,-111.7 33.52,-111.69 33.51,-111.69