{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.42e3990db7b321be3dce69a2200af1fde5aca201.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 4:02PM MST until July 16 at 7:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.42e3990db7b321be3dce69a2200af1fde5aca201.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Tucson AZ"},"word_count":232,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 4:02PM MST until July 16 at 7:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Cochise, AZ\n**Issued by:** NWS Tucson AZ\n**Sent:** 2026-07-16T16:02:00-07:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-16T16:02:00-07:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-16T19:00:00-07:00\n\n## Description\nFFWTWC\n\nThe National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSouthwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...\n\n* Until 700 PM MST.\n\n* At 402 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated\nthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between\n0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up\nto 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is\nongoing or expected to begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,\nhighways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor\ndrainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nCoronado National Memorial, Ash Canyon, and Montezuma Canyon.\n\nThis includes Route 92 between mile markers 333 and 336.\n\nThis includes the following streams and drainages...\nSan Pedro River.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nFlooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where\nyou are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become\nkillers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or\ncreeks."}