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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 29, 2026Graham County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this river flood warning at Sep 29, 2026, 10:27 AM MST for Graham County, Arizona. It took effect at Sep 29, 2026, 9:25 PM MST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2026, 10:27 AM MST (17:27 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2026, 9:25 PM MST
Expired
Sep 30, 2026, 11:00 PM MST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Graham County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Gila River near Solomon (GLHA3). The gauge peaked at 22.45 ft at Sep 30, 2026, 8:00 AM MST.

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Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
22.5 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09448500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 28, 3:07 PM MST, 19 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 3:07 PM MST, 19 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 8:24 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise8 hr
Sep 29, 8:32 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal7 hr
Sep 29, 9:12 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima7 hr
Sep 29, 9:40 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal6 hr
Sep 29, 9:53 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima3 hr
Sep 29, 9:54 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise9 hr
Sep 29, 9:57 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima48 min
Sep 29, 10:09 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham, Pima, Pinal38 min
Sep 29, 10:37 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima6 hr
Sep 29, 10:40 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPinal5 hr
Sep 29, 10:59 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCGreenlee3 hr
Sep 29, 11:25 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal40 min
Sep 29, 11:36 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCGraham, Pinal4 hr
Sep 29, 12:20 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise7 hr
Sep 29, 12:30 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise, Pima6 hr
Sep 29, 12:55 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima35 min
Sep 29, 12:56 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima4 hr
Sep 29, 1:24 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCGraham, Greenlee8 hr
Sep 29, 1:59 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPinal56 min
Sep 29, 2:08 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCGreenlee4 hr
Sep 29, 2:34 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima14 hr
Sep 29, 2:38 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise, Graham6 hr
Sep 29, 2:44 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Santa Cruz6 hr
Sep 29, 2:55 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningTWCPinal9 hr
Sep 29, 2:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham31 min
Sep 29, 3:14 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningTWCPinal12 hr
Sep 29, 3:16 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal12 hr
Sep 29, 3:16 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningTWCGraham, Pima, Pinal12 hr
Sep 29, 3:18 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningTWCCochise, Graham, Pima, Pinal8 hr
Sep 29, 4:00 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningTWCPima7 hr
Sep 29, 4:17 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise5 hr
Sep 29, 4:23 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise5 hr
Sep 29, 4:25 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningTWCCochise3 hr
Sep 29, 4:27 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningTWCPima6 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.