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WGUS45 KTWC 300432
FLWTWC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
932 PM MST TUE SEP 29 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ARIZONA...
GILA RIVER AT GILA RIVER AT DUNCAN AFFECTING GREENLEE COUNTY.
FOR THE UPPER GILA...INCLUDING GILA RIVER AT DUNCAN...MINOR FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 945 AM MST.
AZC011-301645-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FL.W.0002.260930T0457Z-260930T2100Z/
/DUUA3.1.ER.260930T0457Z.260930T0600Z.260930T0901Z.UU/
932 PM MST TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GILA RIVER AT GILA RIVER AT DUNCAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THE GILA IS CURRENTLY FORECASTED TO RISE TO 20.8 FEET,
WHICH IS STILL MINOR FLOOD STAGE. AT MINOR FLOOD STATE, THE HIGHWAY
75 BRIDGE APPROACH BOTTOM REACHED ON THE LEFT BANK AND DIKE
STRUCTURE FAILURE IS A POSSIBILITY. IF IT RISES TO 21.0 FEET, OR
MODERATE FLOOD STAGE: WATER RUNNING OVER TOP OF LEFT BANK OF
HIGHWAY 75 BRIDGE APPROACH IN DUNCAN. FIELDS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER
AND STRUCTURES CLOSE TO THE RIVER FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM MST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.1 FEET AND RISING.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MST FLD OBSERVED
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME
GILA RIVER
GILA RIVER AT DUNCAN 20.0 18.1 TUE 9 PM
LAT...LON 3261 10905 3289 10928 3295 10943 3301 10936
3296 10920 3274 10905
GLZ
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