Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued July 29 at 2:21PM MST until July 29 at 4:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 29, 2026 - 2:21pm
Expires:
July 29, 2026 - 4:30pm
Description:
At 221 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
between 1 and 2 inches of heavy rain falling near Rucker Canyon
across the southwest portions of the Chiricahua Mountains. Rainfall
runoff will result in flash flooding of the drainages that feed into
Rucker Canyon Creek. Elsewhere, heavy rainfall that fell across the
west-central portions of the Chiricahua Mountains will continue to
result in flash flooding along West Turkey Creek.
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...
South Fork Keating Creek, Onion Creek, Silver Creek, Fivemile
Creek, East Whitetail Creek, Stanford Creek, Whitewater Draw,
Pridham Creek, Leslie Creek, East Turkey Creek, Pinery Creek,
Indian Creek, Ash Creek, West Whitetail Creek, Witch Creek, Wood
Canyon, Cave Creek, Turkey Creek, Rucker Canyon and Keating Creek.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Cochise, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov