AZ Monsoon: Flooding Likely in Tucson Area Through The Weekend

TUCSON, AZ — A line of stationary storms are pounding areas to the south and west of Tucson, leading to flooding around the region.

The storms, which are currently centered over the Santa Rita Mountains, as well as near the Mexican border southwest of Nogales, are impacting areas that have already received bountiful amounts of rain during the monsoon.

As a result, the day's storms through the day could result in running washes and localized flooding, the National Weather Service warned in a tweet Friday morning.

Reports of flooding have come across social media in places like Nogales, which has already received close to seven inches of rain this month, almost double the 4.1 inches the city gets in July on average.

Much of the area impacted by Friday morning's storms has received in excess of three inches of rain this month, with several locations around the Santa Ritas getting more than four inches of rain this month, which is more than the 4.5 inches the area receives on average in July.

Tucson has a 50 percent chance of rain each day, Friday through Monday, meaning rivers and washes could be dangerously full through the weekend.