NWS Tucson AZFF.W 0159August 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Pima and Santa Cruz, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Tucson issued a flash flood warning for Pima and Santa Cruz in Arizona, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on August 29. It was the 159th flash flood warning the NWS office in Tucson issued in 2026. Arizona had 177 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 108 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Arizona's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tucson AZ
- Area
- Pima and Santa Cruz
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:30 p.m. PDT, August 29, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. PDT, August 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTWC FF.W 0159
- 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... Southeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona... Northeastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 530 PM MST. * At 230 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... Sonoita and Elgin. This includes the following highways... Route 82 between mile markers 23 and 43. Route 83 between mile markers 22 and 36.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. 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.