NWS Tucson AZFF.W 0240September 29, 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 3:15 p.m. local time on September 29. It was the 240th 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
- 12:20 p.m. PDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 3:15 p.m. PDT, September 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTWC FF.W 0240
- 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... Northwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 315 PM MST. * At 1220 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.8 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 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... Willcox, Tombstone, Bowie, Dragoon, Pearce-Sunsites, Cochise, Kansas Settlement, Fairbank and Charleston. This includes the following highways... Route 80 between mile markers 307 and 325. Route 191 between mile markers 46 and 92. Interstate 10 between mile markers 322 and 372. Route 82 between mile markers 60 and 67. Route 186 between mile markers 327 and 348. This includes the following streams and drainages... Haberstock Wash, Dragoon Wash, Babocomari River, Escalante Wash, San Simon River, Walnut Wash, San Pedro River, Tres Alamos Wash, Happy Camp Wash, Willow Wash, Gold Gulch, Dial Wash, Henderson Wash, Walnut Gulch, Clifford Wash, Reeves Creek and Slavin Wash.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
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.