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Flood Warning issued October 22 at 6:35PM MST until October 23 at 12:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
Flood Warning · Coconino, AZ; Yavapai, AZ. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.
- Bulletin issued
- 23 October 2026 at 01:35 UTC
- First saved by us
- 23 October 2026 at 01:42 UTC
- Last included in a daily record
- 23 October 2026
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- Source classification
- Severe · Source alert
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- Issuer / area
- NWS Flagstaff AZ · Coconino, AZ; Yavapai, AZ
- Certainty / urgency
- Likely / Expected
- Message expiry (not hazard end)
- 23 October 2026 at 07:00 UTC
- Forecast onset / end
- 23 October 2026 at 01:35 UTC / 23 October 2026 at 07:00 UTC
Archived official description
* 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.
Instructions in this archived message
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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Our first saved version of Flood Warning issued October 22 at 6:35PM MST until October 23 at 12:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.
Bulletin issued: 23 October 2026 at 01:35 UTC
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