# Flash Flood Warning: Maricopa, AZ — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-12 21:38 ingested 2026-08-13 07:30

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Flash Flood Warning — Maricopa, AZ
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
FFWPSR

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...

* Until 1230 AM MST.

* At 938 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. A Maricopa County
Flood Control District streamflow gauge reached alarm stage at
Rainbow Wash. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Buckeye and Painted Rock Dam. Low water crossings downstream of
Rainbow Wash along Old US 80 and Patterson Road.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.