Arizona Flood Alert

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Gila County in east central Arizona... Maricopa County in south central Arizona... * WHEN...Until 815 PM MST. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 619 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.25 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Ballantine Trailhead, Round Valley, Sugarloaf Mountain, Sunflower, Sycamore Creek, Four Peaks, Tonto Basin, Canyon Lake, Apache Lake and Tortilla Flat. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... North Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... Southwestern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 715 PM MST. * At 618 PM MST, a wall of dust was located along a line from 9 miles southwest of Chui-Chu to 7 miles south of Santa Rosa, moving west at 40 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...Trained spotters reported. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Santa Rosa, Chui-Chu, Hickiwan, Anegam, Cockleburr, North Komelik, Kohatk, Palo Verde Stand, Ak Chin, Ventana, Charco 27, Vaya Chin, Jack Rabbit, Shopishk, San Luis, San Simon West and East Chui-Chu. This includes Route 86 between mile markers 62 and 76.

At 608 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Magma to near Coolidge. Movement was northwest at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Apache Junction, Florence, Coolidge, East Mesa, Gold Canyon, Sun Lakes, Queen Creek, La Palma, San Tan Village Mall, San Tan Valley, Seville, Freestone Park, Florence Junction, Queen Valley, Bapchule, Olberg, and Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport. This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 173 and 184. US Highway 60 between mile markers 185 and 197, and between mile markers 201 and 219. AZ Route 87 between mile markers 126 and 161.

At 606 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Ruby, Arivaca Lake and Pena Blanca Lake.

At 604 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated earlier heavy rain has ended. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mainly rural areas of South Central Pinal County. This includes Route 79 between mile markers 94 and 105. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Suizo Rd at Cadillac Wash.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... North Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 900 PM MST. * At 601 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Queens Well and Silver Bell.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... South Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 845 PM MST. * At 541 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... San Miguel, Choulic, Newfield, Coldfields, Sasabe and Hashan Chuchg. This includes Route 286 between mile markers 1 and 10.

At 536 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sells, moving west at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Sells, Topawa, Ali Chukson, Cowlic, Artesia and Ali Molina. This includes Route 86 between mile markers 109 and 120.

At 535 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from 10 miles southwest of Avra Valley to near Pinal Airpark, moving northwest at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Marana, Avra Valley, Pinal Airpark, Picacho Peak State Park, Saguaro National Park West, Picture Rocks, Red Rock and Silver Bell. This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 219 and 240.

At 534 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring with Flash flooding reported in the Old Nogales Highway and Aerospace Parkway area. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Tucson, Drexel Heights, Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation, San Xavier Community, Summit, Tucson International Airport, Valencia West and San Xavier Mission. This includes Interstate 19 between mile markers 52 and 58. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Country Club Rd at Franco Wash, Mark Rd from Jeffery Rd to Los Reales Rd, Mission Rd from Valencia Rd to San Xavier Rd, Old Vail COnnection Rd at Franco Wash and Black Wash at S Camino de Oeste.

At 531 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Four Peaks to 6 miles north of Queen Valley. Movement was northwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Apache Junction, Gold Canyon, Roosevelt, Gold Camp, Roosevelt Dam, Lost Dutchman State Park, Goldfield, Canyon Lake, Superstition Mountains, Tonto National Monument, Four Peaks, Kings Ranch, Apache Lake, Queen Valley, and Tortilla Flat. This includes the following highways... US Highway 60 between mile markers 195 and 204, and between mile markers 218 and 219. AZ Route 188 between mile markers 237 and 247.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 830 PM MST. * At 523 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Sells, Topawa, San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Ali Chukson, Gu Oidak, Cowlic, Fresnal, No:ligk, South Comobabi, Comobabi, Cababi, Artesia and Ali Molina. This includes Route 86 between mile markers 104 and 129. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Indian Route 19 south of Topawa and Indian Route 20 at Cowlic. Flash flooding reported in Little Tucson Village.

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 645 PM MST. * At 520 PM MST, a wall of dust was located along a line from 15 miles southwest of Topawa to 12 miles east of Santa Rosa, moving west at 15 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...Emergency management reported. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Sells, Pisinemo, Covered Wells, Gu Oidak, San Simon, Cowlic, No:ligk, Cababi, San Luis - Sells District, Santa Cruz, Mountain Village, Rincon, Sikul Himathk, Kupk, Kots Kug, Papago Farms, San Simon West and Itak. This includes Route 86 between mile markers 73 and 115.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Gila County in east central Arizona... Maricopa County in south central Arizona... * WHEN...Until 815 PM MST. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 519 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Ballantine Trailhead, Round Valley, Sugarloaf Mountain, Sunflower, Sycamore Creek, Four Peaks, Tonto Basin, Canyon Lake, Apache Lake and Tortilla Flat. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona near Prescott... * Until 630 PM MST. * At 516 PM MST, a river gauge on Granite Creek in Prescott reported a rapid rise of nearly 3 feet from multiple rounds of heavy rainfall near and south of Prescott this afternoon. Flash flooding of Granite Creek is already occurring and expected to continue over the next hour. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...River gauge reported. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, normally dry washes, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Prescott, Wildwood Estates, Highland Pines, Prescott Rodeo Grounds, Downtown Prescott, Rancho Vista Estates, Copper Basin, Thumbe Butte, Ponderosa Park and Whipple. This includes State Route 89 between mile markers 298 and 312. This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... White Spar Campground, Wolf Creek Falls, Acker Park and AC Williams Granite Creek Park. This includes the following swimming holes... Wolf Creek Falls. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Miller Creek, Finch Wash, Iron Springs Wash, Hassayampa River, Orofino Wash, Spence Creek, Willow Creek, Butte Creek, Bannon Creek, Kirkland Creek, Wolf Creek, Granite Creek, Logan Wash, Board Creek, Skull Valley Wash and Copper Basin Wash.

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... North Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... South Central Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 630 PM MST. * At 511 PM MST, a wall of dust was located along a line from 13 miles south of Avra Valley to 17 miles northeast of Picacho, moving west at 15 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Eloy, Avra Valley, Picacho, Picacho Peak State Park, Pinal Airpark, Picture Rocks, Red Rock, Cactus Forest, Queens Well and Silver Bell. This includes the following highways... Route 79 between mile markers 123 and 128. Route 87 between mile markers 116 and 124. Interstate 10 between mile markers 205 and 229.

At 507 PM MST, a river gauge on Sycamore Creek near Dugas reported a rapid rise of about 4 feet in 30 minutes feet from heavy rain upstream. Flash flooding is ongoing along Sycamore Creek and will continue moving downstream toward the Agua Fria. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...River gauge reported. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, normally dry washes, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Agua Fria National Monument and Dugas. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Cienega Creek, South Prong Sycamore Creek, Ash Creek, Big Bug Creek, Dry Creek, Little Sycamore Creek, Indian Creek, Silver Creek, Little Ash Creek, Sycamore Creek and Agua Fria River.

At 505 PM MST, Earlier heavy rain has ended, but light to moderate rain showers continue. Flash flooding remains a threat for areas within the warning. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Tucson, Tanque Verde, Vail, Saguaro National Park East and Rita Ranch. This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 271 and 279. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Wentworth Rd at Tanque Verde Wash, Old Spanish Trl at Rincon Creek, Camino Loma Alta at Rincon Creek, Freeman Rd between Broadway and Old Spanish Trail and Old Spanish Trail at Jeremy Wash.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... South Central Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 745 PM MST. * At 441 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mainly rural areas of South Central Pinal County. This includes Route 79 between mile markers 94 and 105. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Suizo Rd at Cadillac Wash.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 730 PM MST. * At 430 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Tanque Verde, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Catalina Foothills and Seven Falls. This includes the following streams and drainages... Sabino Creek, Tanque Verde Wash, Sutherland Wash, Esperero Wash, Bird Canyon, Pantano Wash, Rillito River, Ventana Canyon Wash and Agua Caliente Wash.