Flash Flood Warning for Central Pima County, AZ
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on August 6, 2026, 2 weeks ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Tucson AZ issued a Flash Flood Warning for Central Pima County until 2:15 AM MST due to radar-indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain and ongoing flash flooding.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Central Pima County, Arizona
- Issued
- August 6, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Tucson AZ
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: historical. It was issued 2 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Central Pima County, Arizona.
Alert Details
Flash Flood Warning issued by NWS Tucson AZ. The alert is effective from August 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM MST until August 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM MST. Severity is Severe with Immediate urgency and Likely certainty.
Affected Areas
Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona. Specific locations include Sells, Santa Rosa, Topawa, San Miguel, San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Ali Chukson, Covered Wells, Gu Oidak, Vamori, South Komelik, Cowlic, Fresnal, Choulic, Newfield, Ak Chin, Coldfields, No:ligk and South Comobabi. This includes Route 86 between mile markers 90 and 136, and Flash Flood Prone Locations such as Indian Route 19 south of Topawa, Indian Route 20 at Cowlic and Sil Nakya Wash at Route 34.
What You Should Do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Expected Conditions
Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Hazard is flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Timeline
Alert effective August 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM MST and expires August 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM MST.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,234 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to August 6, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.