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WGUS85 KTWC 301607
FLSTWC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
907 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 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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1000 PM MST.
AZC009-010500-
/O.EXT.KTWC.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-261001T1206Z/
/GLHA3.2.ER.260930T1142Z.260930T1445Z.261001T0006Z.NR/
907 AM MST WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...GILA RIVER NEAR GILA RIVER NEAR SOLOMON.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* 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 8:30 AM MST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:30 AM MST WEDNESDAY WAS 22.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 22.7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO 17.7 FEET
LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL RISE TO 17.8 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL
THEN FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- 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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