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WGUS85 KTWC 300931
FLSTWC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
231 AM MST WED SEP 30 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ARIZONA...
GILA RIVER NEAR GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON AFFECTING GRAHAM COUNTY.
FOR THE UPPER GILA...INCLUDING GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON...MINOR
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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 245 PM MST.
AZC009-302145-
/O.EXT.KTWC.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-261001T0600Z/
/GLHA3.1.ER.260930T1522Z.260930T1700Z.260930T1823Z.NR/
231 AM MST WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GILA RIVER NEAR GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS FROM SOLOMON
DOWN TO THATCHER. WATER BEGINS TO THREATEN BRIDGE APPROACHES IN THE
SAFFORD VALLEY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:30 AM MST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING TO
21.5 FEET LATE THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TO 17.2 FEET.
- 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
GLZ
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