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WGUS45 KTWC 291727
FLWTWC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1027 AM MST TUE SEP 29 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ARIZONA...
GILA RIVER NEAR GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON AFFECTING GRAHAM COUNTY.
FOR THE UPPER GILA...INCLUDING GILA RIVER AT CALVA, GILA RIVER AT
DUNCAN, GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON, GILA RIVER AT KELVIN, SAN CARLOS
RESERVOIR AT COOLIDGE DAM...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1100 PM MST.
AZC009-300600-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FL.W.0001.260930T0858Z-261001T0600Z/
/GLHA3.1.ER.260930T0858Z.260930T1200Z.260930T1730Z.NR/
1027 AM MST TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GILA RIVER NEAR GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.5 FEET, BRIDGES IN SAFFORD VALLEY CLOSED AND
EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING. HOMES AND STRUCTURES CLOSEST TO
THE RIVER THREATENED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM MST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 14.9 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL
THEN RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 22.5
FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.8
FEET ON 10/02/1983.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3295 10934 3276 10967 3300 11000 3307 10994
3286 10965 3299 10940
GEL
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