Weather Alerts for Flagstaff AZIssued by the National Weather Service |
Flood Warning
Flood Warning
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| FLAGSTAFF AZ | ||
Areas Affected: Coconino, AZ - Yavapai, AZ |
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| Effective: Thu, 10/22 7:35pm | Updated: Fri, 10/23 12:25am | Urgency: Expected |
| Expires: Fri, 10/23 1:00am | Severity: Severe | Certainty: Likely |
Details:
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall since Wednesday will continue to move south through Oak Creek into late Thursday evening. * WHERE...Coconino County in north central Arizona... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * WHEN...Until midnight MST tonight. * IMPACTS...Flooding in and adjacent to Oak Creek is occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 628 PM MST, River levels along Oak Creek continue to run above action levels this evening. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dry Creek, Oak Creek, West Fork Oak Creek, Turkey Creek, Spring Creek, Pumphouse Wash and Verde River. - For Oak Creek at Cornville: At 6:00pm the stage was 7.43 feet. Flood Stage is 8.0 feet. Forecast: A crest of 8.33 feet is expected at 7:00pm Thursday. - For Oak Creek at Oak Creek at Sedona: At 5:45pm the stage was 7.07 feet. Flood Stage is 14.0 feet. Forecast: A crest of 8.04 feet is expected at 7:00pm Thursday. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Sedona, Cornville, Jordan, Page Springs, Indian Gardens, Pine Flats, Uptown Sedona, Red Rock State Park, Slide Rock State Park, West Fork of Oak Creek, Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Cathedral Rock, East Pocket Lookout Tower and Oak Creek Vista Overlook. - This includes the following highways... State Route 179 between mile markers 310 and 313. State Route 89A between mile markers 374 and 393. This includes the following recreation areas andcampgrounds... Manzanita Campground, Pine Flat Campground, Cave Springs Campground and Windmill Park. This includes the following swimming holes... Pumphouse Wash, Slide Rock, Encinoso, Grasshopper Point, Midgely Bridge, Buddha Beach "Red Rock Crossing", Crescent Moon Ranch and Mormons Crossing. - Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff. Information: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. |
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| FLAGSTAFF AZ | ||
Areas Affected: Coconino, AZ |
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| Effective: Thu, 10/22 2:56pm | Updated: Fri, 10/23 12:25am | Urgency: Expected |
| Expires: Fri, 10/23 1:00am | Severity: Severe | Certainty: Likely |
Details:
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Moenkopi Wash and the Little Colorado River from Cameron to the Colorado River confluence. * WHEN...Until midnight MST /100 AM MDT/ Tonight. * IMPACTS...Flooding of creeks and normally dry washes is imminent or occurring. Further rises in the water levels of already flooded creeks and normally dry washes. Deadly flooding over low-water crossings. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 148 PM MST /248 PM MDT/, The river gauge on Moenkopi Wash remains above flood stage, and additional rainfall today will keep levels elevated into tonight. High flows continue along the Little Colorado River from the confluence with the Moenkopi Wash to the Colorado River. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Hamblin Wash, Begashibito Wash, Little Colorado River, Moenkopi Wash, Bekihatso Wash, Fivemile Wash and Sheep Wash. Flooding is occurring along Moenkopi Wash. - For Moenkopi Wash at Moenkopi Wash Near Tuba City: Moenkopi Wash remains at major flood stage, and is forecast to drop below flood stage by around midnight MDT tonight. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Tuba City, Moenkopi, Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park and Salt Trail Canyon. - This includes the following recreation areas andcampgrounds... Blue Water Base Camp and Old Fish Camp Site. This includes the following swimming holes... Blue Water Base Camp. - Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff. Information: Stay away or be swept away! The banks of creeks and washes are unstable and unsafe during any flooding event. |
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