NWS Flagstaff AZFF.W 0153September 12, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Gila and Navajo, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Flagstaff issued a flash flood warning for Gila and Navajo in Arizona, which was in force until 9:15 p.m. local time on September 12. It was the 153rd flash flood warning the NWS office in Flagstaff 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 3.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Flagstaff AZ
- Area
- Gila and Navajo
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:10 p.m. PDT, September 12, 2026
- Expires
- 9:15 p.m. PDT, September 12, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFGZ FF.W 0153
- 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
FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Gila County in east central Arizona... Navajo County in north central Arizona... * Until 915 PM MST. * At 610 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area, from Carrizo to near Cibecue. Between 0.5 and 1.75 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 0.75 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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... Carrizo, Cibeque Peak, Cibecue Airport, Burke Mountain, Cow Pasture Butte and Cibecue. This includes Highway 60 between mile markers 306 and 318. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... C One Wash, Turkey Canyon, Corduroy Creek, Carrizo Creek, V Eighteen Wash, Cibecue Creek, Jumpoff Canyon, Day School Wash and Mud Creek.
What the agency told people to do
Flooding of washes and creeks will occur, some dirt roads will become muddy and impassable. Paved roads and underpasses could become flooded as well.
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.