Flash Flood Warning

Locations Affected

Montezuma Castle National Monument, AZ ∙ Lake Montezuma, AZ ∙ Rimrock, AZ

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 527 PM MST Sun Jul 14 2024 The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Coconino County in north central Arizona... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * Until 830 PM MST. * At 526 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 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. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings, creeks, normally dry washes and roads. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Bell Crossing/The Crack, Wet Beaver Wilderness, Wet Beaver Creek Day Use Area, Montezuma Well, Apache Maid Mountain, Lake Montezuma, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Crane Petroglyph Heritage Site, Lawrence Crossing and Rimrock. This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... Wet Beaver Creek Campground. This includes the following swimming holes... Wet Beaver Creek Day Use Area and Bell Crossing "The Crack". This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Russell Wash, Beaver Creek, Rarick Canyon, Dry Beaver Creek, Walker Creek and Long Canyon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Flooding of washes and creeks will occur, some dirt roads will become muddy and impassable. Paved roads and underpasses could become flooded as well. && LAT...LON 3463 11182 3467 11173 3473 11162 3471 11155 3466 11154 3461 11181 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

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