{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.b1cb934525d1687a3ae93022fa8aa0ff80561b0a.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 3:32PM MST until July 21 at 6:30PM 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.b1cb934525d1687a3ae93022fa8aa0ff80561b0a.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":248,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 3:32PM MST until July 21 at 6:30PM 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:** 2026-07-21T15:32:00-07:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T15:32:00-07:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T18:30:00-07:00\n\n## Description\nFFWTWC\n\nThe National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSouth Central Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona...\n\n* Until 630 PM MST.\n\n* At 332 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain\nhave fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible\nin the warned 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...\nNogales, Rio Rico, Nogales International Airport, Patagonia Lake\nState Park and Kino Springs.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 19 between mile markers 8 and 9. Route 82 between mile\nmarkers 1 and 16.\n\nThis includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations...\nNogales Wash at Doe St Bridge and Pendleton Dr at Sonoita Creek.\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."}