Residents share aftermath of Rosa as the storm continues
Tropical Storm Rosa neared Mexico’s Baja California on Monday, spreading heavy rains that were projected to extend into a drenching of the U.S. Southwest.
Sunday through Tuesday Arizona will see dangerous weather due to the tropical moisture from Hurricane Rosa as it will deliver heavy rain and possible flooding.
The Yuma Fire Department tweeted this tip in regards to the storm.
Yuma County has seen the effects of Rosa’s winds and heavy rainfall, which is expected to continue until Tuesday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the Desert Southwest will experience the heaviest rainfall on Monday and residents are asked to prepare for flooding and debris flows.
Below is a photo sent in to News 11 by a viewer in the Foothills.
The U.S. NHC also said the center of Rosa, which was a hurricane until late Sunday, should hit Baja California and Sonora state late Monday, bringing 3 to 6 inches (7.5 to 15 centimeters) of rain.
Photo shared by a viewer of Avenue 29E at Gila River north of Wellton.
Rosa is expected to move quickly northwestward as it weakens, bringing 2 to 4 inches (5-10 centimeters) of rain to central and southern Arizona and 1 to 2 inches (2.5-5 centimeters) to the rest of the desert Southwest, Central Rockies and Great Basin. Some isolated areas might be more.
Rosa had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) early Monday and was centered about 105 miles (170 kilometers) west-southwest of Punta Eugenia in Mexico.
It was heading northeast at 12 mph (19 kph).
The National Weather Service earlier announced flash flood watches through Wednesday for areas including southern Nevada, southeastern California, southwestern and central Utah and the western two-thirds of Arizona.
Photo taken at Avenue 24E by Yuma resident.
Forecasts call for heavy rainfall in the watch areas, which include Las Vegas, Phoenix and Salt Lake City, with possible flooding in slot canyons and normally dry washes and a potential for landslides and debris flows from recent wildfire burn scars.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Sergio was growing in the Pacific and could become a hurricane force Monday, though it posed no immediate threat to land.
Sergio had winds of 70 mph (110 kph) early Monday and was centered about 590 miles (950 kilometers) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. The storm was moving west at 14 mph (22 kph).
