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Flash Flood Warning near Pima, AZ

Official warning geography and instructions, rainfall outlook, gauge observations and forecasts, affected places, and source history.

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Official information and local resources

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

NWS Tucson AZ · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM

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What the latest evidence says

The official event is Flash Flood Warning. This event has Severe severity and Immediate urgency. The affected area is Pima, AZ.

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FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 645 PM MST. * At 355 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.6 and 1.1 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches 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... Tucson, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, South Tucson and Tucson International Airport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 60 and 63. Route 86 near mile marker 171. Interstate 10 between mile markers 259 and 267. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Drexel Rd east of Alvernon Way.

NWS Tucson AZ · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM

Official forecast

NWS weather context

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms104°F · wind 15 mph · gusts 23 mph8/29/2026, 11:00:00 PM
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely101°F · wind 15 mph · gusts 22 mph8/30/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely97°F · wind 12 mph · gusts 17 mph8/30/2026, 1:00:00 AM
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely88°F · wind 7 mph · gusts 10 mph8/30/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms85°F · wind 10 mph · gusts 16 mph8/30/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms84°F · wind 9 mph · gusts 14 mph8/30/2026, 4:00:00 AM

Official gauge and corroborating observation

River and flood-stage context

Santa Cruz River at Congress StreetObserved stage -0.51 · flood stage 124.7 miles from the stored warning center; proximity does not establish flood cause or impact.
USGS corroborationStage -0.51Provisional USGS data

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Current incident picture

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Affected areas
Pima, AZ
National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM
County count
1 counties
National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM
Official alert
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM
Severity
Severe
National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM
Ugc county codes
AZC019
National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM
Urgency
Immediate
National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM
Warning count
1 warnings
National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 10:55 PM
Represented population
1,061,175 people
U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census · source Apr 1, 2020, 12:00 AM

Geographic context

Incident area and nearby places

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Pima, AZ

Source center: 32.178, -110.920. A point or perimeter is context, not a safety boundary.

  • Pima, AZ

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