Local brief
Flash Flood Warning: Imperial County, CA, as Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel moves in (through 3:30 a.m. PT Sunday)
The National Weather Service has Imperial County, California, under Flash Flood Warnings lasting as late as 3:30 a.m. PT Sunday, Oct. 11, tied to Tropical Storm Rachel. Never drive into floodwater.
The National Weather Service office in Phoenix, AZ has a Flash Flood Warning for parts of Imperial County until 3:30 a.m. PT Sunday, Oct. 11. NWS lists Imperial, CA, La Paz, AZ.
The National Weather Service office in Phoenix, AZ has a Flash Flood Warning for parts of Imperial County until 1:45 a.m. PT Sunday, Oct. 11. NWS lists Imperial, CA, La Paz, AZ.
The National Weather Service office in Phoenix, AZ has a Flash Flood Warning for parts of Imperial County until 1 a.m. PT Sunday, Oct. 11. NWS lists Imperial, CA, La Paz, AZ.
At 11 p.m. PT Saturday, Oct. 10, the National Hurricane Center (NHC Intermediate Advisory 56A) placed Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel about 80 miles south-southeast of San Diego, California, moving north-northeast at 36 mph with top sustained winds near 60 mph.
What to do: Never drive or walk into water on a road; turn around, don't drown. Washes, dips and low-water crossings can flood in minutes. If you live below a recent burn scar or a steep slope, be ready to leave quickly if heavy rain starts.
Follow Rachel advisory by advisory, with every county watch and warning: https://noticenearby.com/papers/tropical-storm-rachel-2026
Sources: NWS Phoenix AZ Flash Flood Warning via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cfd920a5c15196b4ea131a7a0dea1dc010215bc8.001.1); NWS Phoenix AZ Flash Flood Warning via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c2a81817eca09e14043b7c8987011d2e05b32c89.001.1); NWS Phoenix AZ Flash Flood Warning via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.57100170fe35aefa7b83cb0269727bc8f8a270cd.001.1); NOAA National Hurricane Center (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIATCPEP3.shtml). Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. More Imperial County notices: https://noticenearby.com/ca/imperial
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-ca-imperial-tropical-storm-rachel-2026-10 · NWS Phoenix AZ · National Hurricane Center.
This is a Notice Nearby local brief — an in-house explainer written from a government-posted notice on this register. It is not official minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication.