Cochise County
Flash Flood Warning until TUE 5:15 PM MST
Issued September, 29 2026 at 2:10 PM - US/Mountain expires September, 29 2026 at 5:15 PM - US/Mountain
The National Weather Service in Tucson has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 515 PM MST.
* At 210 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated a break in showers and
thunderstorms, but addititional showers and storms will likely move
into the warned area by late afternoon. Between 0.8 and 2.5 inches
of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Willcox, Tombstone, Bowie, Dragoon, Pearce-Sunsites, Cochise,
Kansas Settlement, Fairbank and Charleston.
This includes the following highways...
Route 80 between mile markers 307 and 325. Route 191 between mile
markers 46 and 92. Interstate 10 between mile markers 322 and 372.
Route 82 between mile markers 60 and 67. Route 186 between mile
markers 327 and 348.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Haberstock Wash, Dragoon Wash, Babocomari River, Escalante Wash,
San Simon River, Walnut Wash, San Pedro River, Tres Alamos Wash,
Happy Camp Wash, Willow Wash, Gold Gulch, Dial Wash, Henderson
Wash, Walnut Gulch, Clifford Wash, Reeves Creek and Slavin Wash.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
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FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
