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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1206 AM MST Sat Aug 29 2026

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Aguila Valley-Northwest Valley-Tonopah Desert-Buckeye/Avondale-
Cave Creek/New River-Deer Valley-Central Phoenix-North
Phoenix/Glendale-New River Mesa-Scottsdale/Paradise Valley-Rio
Verde/Salt River-East Valley-Fountain Hills/East Mesa-South
Mountain/Ahwatukee-Southeast Valley/Queen Creek-Superior-
Northwest Pinal County-West Pinal County-Apache Junction/Gold
Canyon-Tonto Basin-Mazatzal Mountains-Pinal/Superstition
Mountains-Sonoran Desert Natl Monument-San Carlos-Dripping
Springs-Globe/Miami-Southeast Gila County-
Including the cities of Wittmann, Florence, Kaka, Chandler, Tortilla
Flat, Beardsley, Gilbert, Coolidge, Fountain Hills, Hassayampa,
Liberty, Paradise Valley, Sun City West, Aguila, Sun Lakes,
Wintersburg, Arlington, Superior, Circle City, Cactus Forest,
Peridot, Scottsdale, Phoenix, Mesa, Casa Grande, Apache Junction,
Goodyear, Peoria, Tonopah, Queen Creek, Sunflower, Winkelman, Hayden,
Gladden, Globe, Avondale, Wickenburg, Cashion, San Carlos, Miami,
Tempe, Surprise, and Punkin Center
1206 AM MST Sat Aug 29 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...A portion of south central Arizona, including the Phoenix
  Metro, all of Gila and Pinal Counties, and much of Maricopa County.

* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through late Saturday night.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Increasing moisture and atmospheric instability will combine with
    an approaching weather system to promote scattered thunderstorms
    capable of producing heavy rainfall from late Saturday afternoon
    through Saturday night. Training of storms could result in
    localized rainfall amounts of over two inches within the watch
    area.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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