Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 3:30PM MST until July 16 at 6:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 16, 2026 - 3:30pm
Expires:
July 16, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description:
FFWTWC
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 630 PM MST.
* At 330 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts
up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Portal and Paradise.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Cave Creek, Silver Creek, Keating Creek, Onion Creek, East
Whitetail Creek, East Turkey Creek, Turkey Creek, San Simon River,
South Fork Keating Creek and Pinery Creek.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
SNM: AVISO DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS hasta 6:30 PM MST. Evite areas inundadas.
Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia: AVISO DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS en efecto para esta area hasta las 6:30 PM MST. Esta es una situacion peligrosa y amenaza la vida. No intente viajar a menos que sea para abandonar un area propensa a inundaciones o bajo una orden de desalojo.
Area Description:
Cochise, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
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