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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 18, 2025La Paz County, Arizona; Imperial County, Riverside County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2025, 12:36 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona; Imperial County, Riverside County, California. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 2025, 12:36 PM MST (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2025, 7:08 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties La Paz County, AZ, Imperial County, CA, Riverside County, CA

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 5:33 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma42 min
Sep 17, 5:39 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRYuma3 hr
Sep 17, 5:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma46 min
Sep 18, 11:25 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz35 min
Sep 18, 11:29 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz31 min
Sep 18, 11:45 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz45 min
Sep 18, 12:18 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Yuma7 hr
Sep 18, 12:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz46 min
Sep 18, 12:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz55 min
Sep 18, 12:45 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR75 min
Sep 18, 12:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz57 min
Sep 18, 1:08 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Sep 18, 1:10 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz50 min
Sep 18, 1:16 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz47 min
Sep 18, 1:20 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz6 hr
Sep 18, 1:32 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa43 min
Sep 18, 1:44 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Yuma74 min
Sep 18, 1:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz42 min
Sep 18, 1:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila39 min
Sep 18, 1:52 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila3 hr
Sep 18, 2:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa42 min
Sep 18, 2:29 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila3 hr
Sep 18, 2:44 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila46 min
Sep 18, 2:54 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR51 min
Sep 18, 2:55 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Sep 18, 2:58 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Yuma3 hr
Sep 18, 3:20 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Maricopa3 hr
Sep 18, 3:21 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR39 min
Sep 18, 3:24 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila36 min
Sep 18, 3:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Maricopa31 min
Sep 18, 4:09 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila3 hr
Sep 18, 4:59 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma46 min
Sep 17, 5:14 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRImperial46 min
Sep 18, 1:39 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRImperial111 min
Sep 18, 5:14 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside2 hr
Sep 18, 4:55 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRImperial50 min
Sep 18, 4:56 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRImperial3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.