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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
537 PM MST TUE SEP 29 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 930 PM MST.
* AT 537 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAFFORD, CLIFTON, SOLOMON, MORENCI, SAN JOSE, SAFFORD REGIONAL
AIRPORT, ROPER LAKE STATE PARK, DUNCAN, YORK, FRANKLIN, GUTHRIE,
THREE WAY AND SWIFT TRAIL JUNCTION.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 78 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 174. ROUTE 191 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 93 AND 115...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 176. ROUTE 75
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 379 AND 398. ROUTE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 342
AND 385. ROUTE 266 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 113.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLASH FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS...
WARD CANYON RD.
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF GREENLEE COUNTY.
CAMPBELL STREET CROSSING CARLISLE WASH HAS BEEN DESTROYED. SAND WASH
IS ALSO SEEING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3305 10947 3321 10923 3325 10905 3243 10905
3243 10923 3242 10924 3243 10939 3243 10991
3266 10976 3294 10963
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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