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NWS flood watches cover much of the Southwest as more rain is forecast
The Associated Press, citing the National Weather Service, reports flood watches across much of Arizona and parts of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada as more rain is forecast through Monday.
Based on reporting by KSAT
Wire reporting: (AP, via KSAT)
The National Weather Service, as reported by the Associated Press, said rain starting Saturday evening was expected to raise a flash-flood threat through Monday in already wet parts of the U.S. Southwest (AP, via KSAT)1.
AP said as much as 4 inches of rain could fall across a region that has seen repeated autumn storms, and that several people were rescued from floodwaters Friday in Arizona and Nevada1.
Flood watches covered nearly all of Arizona and parts of southern Utah, southwestern Colorado, western New Mexico and southern Nevada, including the Four Corners, according to the AP account of NWS products1.
AP attributed to Allison Santorelli of the Weather Prediction Center the assessment that even modest additional rain could have large effects because soils are already saturated, with both flash flooding and small-stream flooding possible1.
The same AP report said Phoenix firefighters described Friday-night vehicle rescues on flooded streets, Scottsdale crews described similar rescues, Henderson, Nevada, reported three swift-water rescues with one later death at a hospital, and Bullhead City, Arizona, reported debris on streets and park closures1.
