{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.a8c83711db482362b5ac7ccc6795430704402303.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 3:57PM 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.a8c83711db482362b5ac7ccc6795430704402303.001.1","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":191,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 3:57PM MST until July 16 at 7:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Santa Cruz, AZ\n**Issued by:** NWS Tucson AZ\n**Sent:** 2026-07-16T15:57:00-07:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-16T15:57:00-07:00\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...\nNortheastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona...\n\n* Until 700 PM MST.\n\n* At 357 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain\nhave fallen in the Elgin area. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1\ninch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or\nexpected to begin shortly.\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...\nElgin.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nRoute 82 between mile markers 37 and 45. Route 83 between mile\nmarkers 22 and 24.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles."}