NWS Flagstaff AZFF.W 0146September 11, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Gila, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Flagstaff issued a flash flood warning for Gila in Arizona, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on September 11. It was the 146th 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 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
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:00 p.m. PDT, September 11, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. PDT, September 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFGZ FF.W 0146
- 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... * Until 800 PM MST. * At 500 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over Fossil Creek and Hardscrabble Creek near Strawberry. Between 1.5 and 2.5 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...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, and normally dry washes. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... The Toilet Bowl, Fossil Creek Waterfall, Fossil Creek Day Use Area, Strawberry and Fossil Springs Wilderness. This includes State Route 87 between mile markers 271 and 272. This includes the following swimming holes... All swimming holes and waterfalls on Fossil Creek and Fossil Creek Dam "The Toilet Bowl". This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Fossil Creek and Hardscrabble 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. Stay away or be swept away! The banks of creeks and washes are unstable and unsafe during any flooding event. Get out of washes and creeks if you are camping or hiking! Flooding is occurring or imminent and will inundate creeks and washes.
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.