Arizona Flood Alert

SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 515 PM MST. * At 430 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of Kitt Peak, moving west at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Topawa, San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Ali Chukson, Fresnal, South Comobabi, Fresnal Canyon, Pan Tak and Ali Molina. This includes the following highways... Route 86 between mile markers 119 and 136. Route 286 near mile marker 21.

At 425 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Tonto National Monument to 6 miles south of Superior. Movement was west at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Apache Junction, Florence, Superior, Gold Canyon, Top Of The World, Gold Camp, Lost Dutchman State Park, Goldfield, Magma, Top-Of-The-World, Coolidge Airport, Florence Junction, Saguaro Lake, Queen Valley, Canyon Lake, Superstition Mountains, Tonto National Monument, Kings Ranch, Apache Lake, and Salt River Tubing Recreation Area. This includes the following highways... US Highway 60 between mile markers 195 and 242. AZ Route 87 between mile markers 193 and 196. AZ Route 79 between mile markers 129 and 150.

SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 500 PM MST. * At 425 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line in the Tucson Metro Area from over Summit to near Catalina Foothills, moving west at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Casas Adobes, Drexel Heights, Flowing Wells, Tanque Verde, South Tucson, Three Points, Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation, Tortolita, San Xavier Community, Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson International Airport, Valencia West, Tucson Estates, Catalina Foothills and Saguaro National Park West. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 49 and 63. Route 86 between mile markers 156 and 171. Route 77 between mile markers 70 and 82. Interstate 10 between mile markers 238 and 272.

SVRFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona near Walnut Grove... * Until 500 PM MST. * At 425 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wilhoit, or 15 miles southwest of Prescott, moving west 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... Wilhoit, Peeples Valley, Kirkland, Kirkland Junction and Walnut Grove. This includes State Route 89 between mile markers 280 and 293.

At 422 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of Arivaca, moving west at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Tubac, Rio Rico, Arivaca, Tumacacori, Arivaca Lake, Ruby and Pena Blanca Lake. This includes Interstate 19 between mile markers 8 and 22.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... Southwestern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 715 PM MST. * At 415 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 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... Ruby, Arivaca Lake and Pena Blanca Lake.

At 401 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain has ended with only light rain continuing at this time. Earlier heavy rainfall upstream of Gisela is expected to cause flash flooding along Spring Creek and Tonto Creek near Gisela. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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... Gisela and Hellsgate Wilderness.

* WHAT...Visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust from thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Wind gusts in excess of 50 mph possible. Localized dense blowing dust may bring visibility below one-quarter mile at times, especially in dust prone areas such as along Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix. * WHERE...Baboquivari Mountains, South Central Pinal County, Tohono O'odham Nation, Tucson Metro Area, Upper Santa Cruz River Valley/Altar Valley, and Western Pima County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM MST this evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 445 PM MST. * At 358 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of Sonoita, moving west at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Vail and Corona De Tucson. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 between mile markers 279 and 290. Route 83 between mile markers 38 and 58.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 700 PM MST. * At 357 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... Tucson, Tanque Verde, Vail, Saguaro National Park East and Rita Ranch. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 between mile markers 271 and 282. Route 83 near mile marker 58. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Harrison Rd at Pantano Wash, Agua Caliente Wash from Soldier Trl to Fort Lowell, Wentworth Rd at Tanque Verde Wash, Tanque Verde Loop 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, Limberlost Rd from Soilder Trail to Homestead Ave and Old Spanish Trail at Jeremy Wash.

FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona near Prescott... * Until 530 PM MST. * At 355 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated additional thunderstorms are moving into the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are expected over the next hour. This is on top of earlier heavy rain that brought 2 to 3.5 inches of rain. Additional flooding is anticipated over the next 90 minutes. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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.

At 354 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Round Valley to near Four Peaks. Movement was west 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... Round Valley, Sugarloaf Mountain, Sunflower, Ballantine Trailhead, Four Peaks, and Tonto Basin. This includes the following highways... AZ Route 87 between mile markers 199 and 221. AZ Route 188 between mile markers 245 and 248, and near mile marker 253.

At 330 PM MST, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Agua Fria N.M. to 7 miles west of Sycamore Creek. Movement was south at 15 mph. Locations impacted include... Scottsdale, New River, Cave Creek, Carefree, Desert Mountain, Camp Creek, Black Canyon City Trailhead, Lake Pleasant, Horseshoe Reservoir, and Seven Springs. This includes AZ Interstate 17 between mile markers 228 and 241. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Sycamore Creek in Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * Until 630 PM MST. * At 328 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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.

SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 415 PM MST. * At 324 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southeast of Vail, moving southwest at 20 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Vail and Corona De Tucson. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 between mile markers 279 and 293. Route 83 between mile markers 38 and 58.

SVRFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * Until 400 PM MST. * At 316 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of Agua Fria National Monument, or 29 miles south of Camp Verde, moving south at 10 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... Black Canyon City, Agua Fria National Monument and Rock Springs. This includes Interstate 17 between mile markers 242 and 245. This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... Black Canyon Campground.

SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona... East Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 400 PM MST. * At 312 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of Benson, moving west at 10 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... Benson, St. David and Mescal. This includes the following highways... Route 90 between mile markers 290 and 295. Route 80 between mile markers 293 and 299. Interstate 10 between mile markers 292 and 315.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 487 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARIZONA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA GILA IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA MARICOPA IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA PINAL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF APACHE JUNCTION, CACTUS FOREST, CASA GRANDE, ELOY, FLORENCE, JAKES CORNER, KOHLS RANCH, MESA, PAYSON, PHOENIX, PUNKIN CENTER, RYE, STAR VALLEY, AND TONTO VILLAGE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 487 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARIZONA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA PIMA IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SANTA CRUZ THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF NOGALES AND TUCSON.

FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Gila County in east central Arizona along Spring and Tonto Creek near Gisela... * Until 545 PM MST. * At 246 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen in the past hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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... Gisela and Hellsgate Wilderness.