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WGUS85 KTWC 301620
FLSTWC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
920 AM MST WED SEP 30 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ARIZONA...
GILA RIVER AT GILA RIVER AT DUNCAN AFFECTING GREENLEE COUNTY.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1100 PM MST.
AZC011-010600-
/O.EXT.KTWC.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-261001T0600Z/
/DUUA3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
920 AM MST WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...THE GILA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED BANKFULL LEVELS AT 16
FEET ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AS A SECONDARY CREST
IMPACTS THE SITE.
* WHERE...GILA RIVER AT GILA RIVER AT DUNCAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, ACTION STAGE: WATER COULD BEGIN TO DAMAGE
THE DIKE STRUCTURE THAT PROTECTS DUNCAN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM MST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 16.6 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON,
GRADUALLY LOWERING TO 16.3 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL
AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 17.7
FEET ON 09/16/2013.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MST FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (9 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
GILA RIVER
GILA RIVER AT DUNCA 20.0 6.5 WED 8 AM 14.0 10.3 9.2
LAT...LON 3261 10905 3289 10928 3295 10943 3301 10936
3296 10920 3274 10905
GEL
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