Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued August 10 at 8:46PM MST until August 10 at 11:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 10, 2026 - 8:46pm
Expires:
August 10, 2026 - 11:30pm
Description:
At 846 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1
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...
Safford, Thatcher, Roper Lake State Park, Mount Graham, Frye Mesa
Dam, Fort Grant and Swift Trail Junction.
This includes the following highways...
Route 191 between mile markers 112 and 118. Route 266 near mile
marker 121...and between mile markers 125 and 126.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Frye Creek, Twilight Creek, Jacobson Creek, Gila River, Gibson
Creek, Ash Creek, Stockton Wash, Noon Creek and Marijilda Wash.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Area Description:
Graham, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov