NWS Tucson AZFA.W 0005September 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Pima and Pinal, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Tucson issued a flood warning for Pima and Pinal in Arizona, which was in force until 3:15 a.m. local time on September 30. It was the 5th areal flood warning the NWS office in Tucson issued in 2026. Arizona had 29 flood warnings in September 2026, against 4 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Arizona's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 12 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 Pinal
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:16 p.m. PDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 3:15 a.m. PDT, September 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KTWC FA.W 0005
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flood Warnings in Arizona since 2008Every warning type in Arizona
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...North Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... Eastern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * WHEN...Until 315 AM MST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be passable. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 316 PM MST, gauge reports indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Up to 3 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Marana, Avra Valley, Kearny, Dudleyville, Pinal Airpark, Picture Rocks, Red Rock, Dove Mountain, Kelvin and San Carlos Reservoir. - This includes the following highways... Route 79 between mile markers 95 and 118. Route 77 between mile markers 122 and 134. Route 177 between mile markers 139 and 156. Interstate 10 between mile markers 224 and 242. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Suizo Rd at Cadillac Wash, Sasco Rd at Santa Cruz Wash, Park Link Dr between I-10 and HWY 79 and Twin Peaks Rd between Sanders and Sandario. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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.