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Flash Flood Warning issued October 22 at 2:05PM MST until October 22 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

Flash Flood Warning · Gila, AZ; Yavapai, AZ. Severe; likely; urgency: immediate.

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Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 21:05 UTC
First saved by us: 22 October 2026 at 21:12 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 22 October 2026
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Source classification: Severe · Source alert

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Issuer / area: NWS Flagstaff AZ · Gila, AZ; Yavapai, AZ
Certainty / urgency: Likely / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end): 23 October 2026 at 03:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 22 October 2026 at 21:05 UTC / 23 October 2026 at 03:00 UTC

Archived official description

FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Gila County in east central Arizona... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * Until 800 PM MST. * At 205 PM MST, repeated heavy rainfall from thunderstorms across the region have caused a nearly 8 foot rise in Fossil Creek. Flash flooding is ongoing. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, normally dry washes, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... The Toilet Bowl and Fossil Springs Wilderness. This includes the following swimming holes... All swimming holes and waterfalls on Fossil Creek and Fossil Creek Dam "The Toilet Bowl". This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Hardscrabble Creek, Verde River and Fossil Creek.

Instructions in this archived message

Flooding of washes and creeks will occur, some dirt roads will become muddy and impassable. Paved roads and underpasses could become flooded as well.

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22 October 2026 at 21:12 UTC

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Our first saved version of Flash Flood Warning issued October 22 at 2:05PM MST until October 22 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 21:05 UTC

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