{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.53dc172818b08b166c34d9ec1928be7038799719.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 17 at 3:46PM MST until July 17 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-17","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.53dc172818b08b166c34d9ec1928be7038799719.001.1","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":195,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 17 at 3:46PM MST until July 17 at 6:00PM 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:** 2026-07-17T15:46:00-07:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-17T15:46:00-07:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-17T18:00:00-07:00\n\n## Description\nAt 346 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated\nthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between\n0.7 and 1.3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts\nup to 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\nSome locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nWhetstone.\n\nThis includes Route 82 between mile markers 52 and 61.\n\nThis includes the following streams and drainages...\nSan Pedro River, Babocomari River and Walnut Gulch.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nRemain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.\nWashes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a\nmatter of minutes, even from distant rainfall."}