Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued August 10 at 5:35PM MST until August 10 at 7:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 10, 2026 - 5:35pm
Expires:
August 10, 2026 - 7:30pm
Description:
At 535 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
0.8 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts
up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
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...
San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Fresnal Canyon and Pan Tak.
This includes the following highways...
Route 86 between mile markers 122 and 143. Route 286 between mile
markers 23 and 39.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Altar Wash, Banner Wash, Puertocito Wash, San Juan Wash, Solano
Wash, Alambre Wash, Sabino Wash, Anegan Wash, Fresno Wash, Mulberry
Wash, Cerro Prieto Wash, Sells Wash, Viopuli Wash, Fresnal Wash,
Baboquivari Wash, Ali Molina Wash, Mendoza Wash, South Mendoza
Wash, Topawa Wash, Contreras Wash, Pan Tak Wash, Brawley Wash,
Brown Wash, Saucito Wash, Comobabi Wash, Thomas Canyon Wash and San
Vicente Wash.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
Area Description:
Pima, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov