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WGUS45 KTWC 292054
FLWTWC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
154 PM MST TUE SEP 29 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION 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...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 500 AM MST.
AZC009-301200-
/O.EXT.KTWC.FL.W.0001.260930T0425Z-261001T1034Z/
/GLHA3.2.ER.260930T0425Z.260930T1000Z.260930T2234Z.NR/
154 PM MST TUE SEP 29 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...GILA RIVER NEAR GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLOODED,
MOSTLY ON NORTH SIDES OF SOLOMON, SAFFORD, AND THATCHER. BRIDGES
MAY BE OVERTOPPED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:30 PM MST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 23.5 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- A 23.5 FEET CREST EXCEEDS THE PREVIOUS HISTORICAL HIGH 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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