Arizona Flood Alert

SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 300 PM MST. * At 231 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dragoon, 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... Dragoon, Pearce-Sunsites, Cochise and Texas Canyon. This includes the following highways... Route 191 between mile markers 53 and 66. Interstate 10 between mile markers 318 and 331.

SVRFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona between Camp Verde and Cordes Lakes... * Until 300 PM MST. * At 229 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Flower Pot, or 10 miles southwest of Camp Verde, moving northwest at 5 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... Flower Pot, Dugas, Cedar Bench Wilderness and Cedar Mill. This includes Interstate 17 between mile markers 270 and 280.

At 216 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain has ended across the warned area. However, earlier heavy rain of 2.25 to 3.25 inches south of downtown Prescott is expected to cause flash flooding in and around Granite Creek and its tributaries south of downtown Prescott. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. 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 130 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Munds Mountain Wilderness, or 11 miles southeast of Sedona, moving northwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and hail up to half inch size. 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... Sedona, Village of Oak Creek, Cornville, Munds Park, Page Springs, Sedona Airport, Munds Mountain Wilderness, Beaverhead Flat, Wet Beaver Creek Day Use Area, Slide Rock State Park, Bell Rock, Schnebly Hill Overlook, Cathedral Rock, Bell Crossing/The Crack, Wet Beaver Wilderness, Apache Maid Mountain, East Pocket Lookout Tower, Uptown Sedona, Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness and Indian Gardens. This includes the following highways... Interstate 17 between mile markers 299 and 323. State Route 179 between mile markers 299 and 313. State Route 89A between mile markers 369 and 383. This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... Manzanita Campground. This includes the following swimming holes... Slide Rock, Encinoso, Grasshopper Point, Midgely Bridge, Buddha Beach "Red Rock Crossing", Crescent Moon Ranch, Mormons Crossing and Bell Crossing "The Crack".

FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona near Ponderosa Park south of Prescott... * Until 400 PM MST. * At 107 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain south of Prescott near Ponderosa Park. Between 2 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 and automated gauges. 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 and Copper Basin Wash.

* 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...From 3 PM this afternoon to 7 PM MST this evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

* WHAT...Visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust expected. * WHERE...Gila Bend, Northwest Pinal County, Sonoran Desert Natl Monument, and West Pinal County. * WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 8 PM MST this evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a * Dust Advisory for... Maricopa County in south central Arizona... Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 945 PM MST. * At 905 PM MST, a wall of dust was along a line extending from near Maricopa to Sun Lakes to Chandler Heights, moving north at 30 mph. HAZARD...Less than one mile visibility with strong wind gusts to 40 mph. SOURCE...Doppler radar. IMPACT...Hazardous travel. * This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 145 and 169. AZ Interstate 17 between mile markers 195 and 200. AZ Route 51 near mile marker 1. Locations impacted include... Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Tempe, Paradise Valley, Sun Lakes, Laveen, East Mesa, Queen Creek, Tempe Marketplace, Papago Park, Granite Reef Dam, and Falcon Field Airport.

* WHAT...Visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust. * WHERE...South Central Pinal County, Southeast Pinal County, Tohono O'odham Nation, Tucson Metro Area, Upper Santa Cruz River Valley/Altar Valley, and Western Pima County. * WHEN...Until 11 PM MST this evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Northwestern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 1000 PM MST. * At 800 PM MST, a wall of dust was located along a line from 15 miles northwest of Santa Rosa to 10 miles southwest of Sells, moving west at 25 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Ajo, Pisinemo, GuVo, Hickiwan, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Covered Wells, Gu Oidak, San Simon, Why, Cowlic, Gunsight, Charco 27, Ventana, Pia Oik, Vaya Chin, Santa Cruz, Mountain Village, San Simon West, KuKatch and Kupk. This includes the following highways... Route 85 between mile markers 34 and 76. Route 86 between mile markers 53 and 101.

* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...North Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... Southwestern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * WHEN...Until 1000 PM MST. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 753 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated a broad area of heavy rain between 0.50 and 1.25 inch due to thunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding, especially along the washes that feed into Aguirre, Sil Nakya and Santa Rosa Washes. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Santa Rosa, Anegam, North Komelik, Kohatk, Palo Verde Stand, San Pedro, Ak Chin, Queens Well, Sil Nakya, Santa Rosa Ranch, Jack Rabbit and San Luis. - This includes Route 86 between mile markers 129 and 148. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Sil Nakya Wash at Route 34. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Southwestern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 900 PM MST. * At 733 PM MST, an area of blowing dust was located near Eloy extending west across the southwest portions of Pinal county. This includes the northern portions of the Tohono O'odham Nation. This will impact travel along Interstate 10. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong winds in excess of 50 mph. SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Eloy, Picacho, Chui-Chu, Picacho Peak State Park, Cockleburr, North Komelik, Kohatk, Jack Rabbit, Shopishk and East Chui-Chu. This includes the following highways... Route 87 between mile markers 116 and 124. Interstate 10 between mile markers 205 and 218.

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Maricopa County in south central Arizona... Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 830 PM MST. * At 732 PM MST, a wall of dust was along a line extending from near Randolph to near Arizola to near Chui-Chu, moving west at 30 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...NWS employee reported visibility dropping to around 20 feet near Eloy. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 186 and 204. AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 137 and 178. AZ Route 87 between mile markers 125 and 130. Locations impacted include... Casa Grande, Maricopa, Arizona City, La Palma, Toltec, Big Horn, Kaka, Freeman, Arizola, Randolph, Stanfield, Ak- Chin Village, and East Chui-Chu.

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 830 PM MST. * At 658 PM MST, several bands of blowing dust out along an organized thunderstorm outflow from eastern Pima county will rapidly spread west across central Pima county including the Tohono O'odham Nation. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Sells, Santa Rosa, Topawa, San Miguel, San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Ali Chukson, Covered Wells, Anegam, Gu Oidak, Vamori, South Komelik, Palo Verde Stand, Cowlic, Fresnal, San Pedro, Choulic, Newfield and Ak Chin. This includes the following highways... Route 86 between mile markers 84 and 149. Route 286 between mile markers 1 and 42.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 930 PM MST. * At 638 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing between 0.75 and 1.50 inches of heavy rain has fallen on the northern portions of the Catalina Mountains in Pinal county. An automated rain gage at Oracle Ranger Station near Oracle reported 1.54 inches from this storm. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. 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... Oracle, Saddlebrooke, San Manuel, Campo Bonito and Biosphere 2. This includes Route 77 between mile markers 96 and 111.

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... Southeastern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 745 PM MST. * At 617 PM MST, Strong thunderstorm outflows from a line of severe thunderstorms extending from central Tucson to the north into south-central Pinal County are producing an area of dense blowing dust moving west through northeast Pima and southeast Pinal counties. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Tucson, Catalina, Oro Valley, Marana, Casas Adobes, Drexel Heights, Flowing Wells, Saddlebrooke, South Tucson, Avra Valley, Saddlebrooke Ranch, Tortolita, Pinal Airpark, Saguaro National Park West, Catalina State Park, Picacho Peak State Park, Tucson Mountain Park and Tucson Estates. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 60 and 63. Route 79 between mile markers 92 and 123. Route 86 between mile markers 164 and 171. Route 77 between mile markers 70 and 95. Interstate 10 between mile markers 219 and 265.

FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 800 PM MST. * At 600 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing between 0.75 and 1.25 inches in the past half hour across the eastern portions of the Tucson Metro Area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly, especially in drainages that fill into Agua Caliente and Tanque Verde Creek. 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, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Saguaro National Park East, Catalina Foothills and Seven Falls. 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, Escalante Rd at Atterbury Wash, Freeman Rd between Broadway and Old Spanish Trail and Limberlost Rd from Soilder Trail to Homestead Ave.

SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 645 PM MST. * At 557 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tanque Verde, 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... Tucson, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Casas Adobes, Drexel Heights, Flowing Wells, Tanque Verde, South Tucson, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Catalina Foothills, Tucson International Airport, Saguaro National Park East, Rita Ranch and Seven Falls. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 59 and 63. Route 86 between mile markers 169 and 171. Route 77 between mile markers 70 and 75. Interstate 10 between mile markers 249 and 269.

At 551 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oracle, 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... Oracle, Mammoth, Saddlebrooke, San Manuel, Saddlebrooke Ranch, Campo Bonito, Biosphere 2 and Oracle Junction. This includes the following highways... Route 79 between mile markers 92 and 105. Route 77 between mile markers 89 and 114.

At 351 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near San Carlos, or 13 miles east of Globe, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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... Globe, San Carlos, and Cutter. This includes the following highways... US Highway 60 between mile markers 254 and 256. AZ Route 70 between mile markers 254 and 271. AZ Route 77 between mile markers 169 and 170.