NWS Tucson AZFF.W 0189September 9, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Cochise, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Tucson issued a flash flood warning for Cochise in Arizona, which was in force until 9:45 p.m. local time on September 9. It was the 189th flash flood warning the NWS office in Tucson issued in 2026. Arizona had 145 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 41 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Arizona's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tucson AZ
- Area
- Cochise
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:52 p.m. PDT, September 9, 2026
- Expires
- 9:45 p.m. PDT, September 9, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTWC FF.W 0189
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona since 2008Every warning type in Arizona
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The notice as issued
FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... West Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 945 PM MST. * At 652 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in the Whetstone and Fairbank area. 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... Whetstone, Huachuca City, Fairbank and Charleston. This includes the following highways... Route 90 between mile markers 300 and 313. Route 80 between mile markers 306 and 313. Route 82 between mile markers 49 and 67. This includes the following streams and drainages... Slaughter House Wash, Middle Canyon Wash, Babocomari River, Escalante Wash, San Pedro River, Walnut Gulch, Willow Wash and Clifford Wash.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.