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Flash Flood Warning issued October 22 at 2:09PM MST until October 22 at 8:15PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

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

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Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 21:09 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 · Coconino, AZ; Yavapai, AZ
Certainty / urgency: Likely / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end): 23 October 2026 at 03:15 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 22 October 2026 at 21:09 UTC / 23 October 2026 at 03:15 UTC

Archived official description

FFWFGZ 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 815 PM MST Thursday. * At 209 PM MST, repeated heavy rainfall from thunderstorms across the region have caused a nearly 6 foot rise in Oak Creek at Sedona. Water levels are still rising. 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... 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 311 and 313. State Route 89A between mile markers 374 and 393. This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... 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. 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.

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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Our first saved version of Flash Flood Warning issued October 22 at 2:09PM MST until October 22 at 8:15PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 21:09 UTC

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