Flash Flood Warning
NWS Flagstaff AZ ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning For The Pocket Fire Scar Remains In Effect Until 515 PM MST This Afternoon For Coconino And Yavapai Counties
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 316 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Pocket Fire scar. Up to 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Pocket Fire scar.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Pocket Fire scar. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Sedona, Edge of the World, East Pocket Lookout Tower, Fernow Cabin, Slide Rock State Park, Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, West Fork of Oak Creek, Indian Gardens and Uptown Sedona. This includes the following highways... State Route 179 near mile marker 313. State Route 89A between mile markers 366 and 368...and between mile markers 374 and 385. This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... Manzanita Campground and Cave Springs Campground. This includes the following swimming holes... Slide Rock, Encinoso, Grasshopper Point and Midgely Bridge. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dry Creek, Spring Creek, West Fork Oak Creek and Oak Creek.
Instructions
Flash flooding is occurring or imminent within and downstream of the Pocket Fire scar. Severe debris flow are expected within Dry Creek, Secret Canyon, Long Canyon, Bear Sign Canyon, and the West Fork of Oak Creek. Oak Creek may also see elevated flow from the West Fork confluence to Sedona. Campers and hikers should get away from creeks and move to higher ground immediately! Stay away or be swept away!
Affected areas
- Coconino County, AZ
- Yavapai County, AZ
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Flagstaff AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2P4Q0KFM5JTD52B8H16J3Z9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b0617e5dff14e194ac7ee360395442a6853b5566.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Flagstaff AZ
- AWIPS ID
- CAPFGZ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6997
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSFGZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS75 KFGZ 162216 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE POCKET FIRE SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COCONINO AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KFGZ.FF.W.0172.000000T0000Z-260917T0015Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T17:15:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coconino County, AZ
- Yavapai County, AZ
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004005 |
| SAME | 004025 |
| UGC | AZC005 |
| UGC | AZC025 |
- Polygons
- 35.0,-111.9 35.02,-111.87 35.07,-111.85 35.06,-111.78 35.01,-111.77 35.0,-111.73 34.96,-111.75 34.92,-111.72 34.88,-111.73 34.86,-111.76 34.86,-111.77 34.91,-111.74 34.96,-111.77 34.9,-111.82 34.8,-111.87 34.79,-111.89 34.84,-111.89 34.86,-111.85 34.91,-111.84 34.96,-111.89 35.0,-111.9