{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.8b7c15040966ef3c0972bd227e9f1f7afe79fdd8.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 2:25PM MST until July 21 at 5:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.8b7c15040966ef3c0972bd227e9f1f7afe79fdd8.001.1","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":262,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 2:25PM MST until July 21 at 5:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Cochise, AZ; Pima, AZ\n**Issued by:** NWS Tucson AZ\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T14:25:00-07:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T14:25:00-07:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T17:30:00-07:00\n\n## Description\nFFWTWC\n\nThe National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nWest Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...\nEast Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona...\n\n* Until 530 PM MST.\n\n* At 225 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen.\nAdditional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the\nwarned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin\nshortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\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...\nBenson and St. David.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nRoute 90 between mile markers 290 and 293. Route 80 between mile\nmarkers 293 and 299. Interstate 10 between mile markers 302 and 313.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nIn hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are\npotentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded\nroads. Find an alternate route.\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."}