NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued July 29 at 1:31PM MST until July 29 at 4:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
FFWTWC
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 430 PM MST.
* At 131 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the Chiricahua Mountains. Between 1 and 2 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...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Portal, Chiricahua National Monument, Rucker Canyon and Paradise.
This includes the following highways...
Route 181 between mile markers 48 and 64. Route 186 between mile
markers 357 and 359.
This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations...
Hwy 181 at Turkey Creek.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Cave Creek, Keating Creek, Turkey Creek, East Turkey Creek,
Stanford Creek, Rucker Canyon, South Fork Keating Creek, Silver
Creek, Fivemile Creek, Onion Creek, Ash Creek, Wood Canyon, East
Whitetail Creek, Indian Creek, Leslie Creek, Witch Creek,
Whitewater Draw, Pridham Creek, West Whitetail Creek and Pinery
Creek.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2238th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days
