Warning Vector

Flood Warning

NWS Flagstaff AZ ยท US

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Details

Flood Warning In Effect Until 230 PM MST This Afternoon

Event
Flood Warning
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Expected
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Likely
Response
Avoid

Description

What

Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

Where

Coconino County in north central Arizona... Yavapai County in west central Arizona...

When

Until 230 PM MST Sunday.

Impacts

Flooding of creeks and normally dry washes is imminent or occurring.

Additional details

- At 521 AM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain along the drainages for Wet Beaver Creek and Dry Beaver Creek. River gauges along each creek show a steady rise of several feet, and is expected to continue rising. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Wet Beaver Creek, Dry Beaver Creek, Jacks Canyon, Walker Creek, Long Canyon, and Rattlesnake Canyon. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. - For Dry Beaver Creek Near Rimrock: At 5:00am the stage was 8.95 feet. Flood Stage is 12.0 feet. Forecast: A crest of 9.39 feet is expected at 3:00pm Sunday. Impacts: At 12.0 feet: Minor flooding near stream banks. Old bridge affected. - For Wet Beaver Creek Near Rimrock: At 4:45am the stage was 8.76 feet. Flood Stage is 9.5 feet. Forecast: A crest of 14.12 feet is expected at 9:00pm Sunday. Impacts: At 8.0 feet: Low water crossings impassable, water begins to exceed banks and inundate low lying areas. At 9.5 feet: Water begins to impact residential structures along Rim Rock Drive and Beaver Vista in Lake Montezuma. At 10.5 feet: Water likely impacting first ground level of residences along Rim Rock Drive and Beaver Vista, water begins to directly impact Rim Rock Drive and Beaver Vista. At 12.0 feet: Widespread inundation of residences along Wet Beaver Creek. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Rimrock, Beaverhead Flat, Montezuma Well, Stoneman Lake, Rimrock Airport, Bell Crossing/The Crack, T-Bar Ranch, Wet Beaver Wilderness. - This includes the following highways... State Route 179 between mile markers 299 and 309. This includes the following recreation areas andcampgrounds... Wet Beaver Creek Campground. This includes the following swimming holes... Wet Beaver Creek Day Use Area and Bell Crossing "The Crack". - Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff.

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Affected areas

  • Coconino County, AZ
  • Yavapai County, AZ

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Flagstaff AZ

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~52s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M6BHCV2A8ZRZZNMWXC0DA4KH
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1b20ba2b02550d4e2ac714b959b2a872bdef49bf.001.1
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office
NWS Flagstaff AZ
AWIPS ID
CAPFGZ
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.789
WMO heading
XOUS55
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
55

Event codes

NameValue
SAMEFLW
NationalWeatherServiceFAW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierFLWFGZ
WMOidentifierWGUS45 KFGZ 011229
NWSheadlineFLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.NEW.KFGZ.FA.W.0021.261101T1229Z-261101T2130Z/
eventEndingTime2026-11-01T14:30:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Coconino County, AZ
  • Yavapai County, AZ
NameValue
SAME004005
SAME004025
UGCAZC005
UGCAZC025
Polygons
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