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Flood Warning issued October 22 at 11:58PM MST until October 23 at 7:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

Flood Warning · Yavapai, AZ. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

Bulletin issued
23 October 2026 at 06:58 UTC
First saved by us
23 October 2026 at 06:57 UTC
Last included in a daily record
23 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Flagstaff AZ · Yavapai, AZ
Certainty / urgency
Likely / Expected
Message expiry (not hazard end)
23 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end
23 October 2026 at 06:52 UTC / 23 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues along Wet Beaver Creek. * WHERE...Wet Beaver Creek in Yavapai County... * WHEN...Until 700 AM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of Wet Beaver Creek is occurring. Deadly flooding over low-water crossings. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1152 PM MST, river gauges along Wet Beaver Creek continued to report elevated flow. Water levels are expected to gradually fall through the overnight into early Friday morning. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dry Beaver Creek, Walker Creek, Rarick Canyon, Verde River and Beaver Creek. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Lake Montezuma, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Montezuma Well and Lawrence Crossing. - Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff.

Instructions in this archived message

Stay away or be swept away! The banks of creeks and washes are unstable and unsafe during any flooding event.

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    Flood Warning issued October 22 at 11:52PM MST until October 23 at 7:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

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    Flood Warning issued October 22 at 11:58PM MST until October 23 at 7:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

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    23 October 2026 at 06:52 UTC

    After

    23 October 2026 at 06:58 UTC

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    23 October 2026 at 06:52 UTC

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    23 October 2026 at 06:58 UTC

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    Official description
    Before

    * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...West Clear Creek in Yavapai County... * WHEN...Until 700 AM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of West Clear Creek is occurring. Deadly flooding over low-water crossings. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1152 PM MST, river gauges along West Clear Creek continued to report elevated flow. Water levels are expected to gradually fall through the overnight into early Friday morning - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dry Beaver Creek, Walker Creek, Rarick Canyon, Verde River a…

    After

    * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues along Wet Beaver Creek. * WHERE...Wet Beaver Creek in Yavapai County... * WHEN...Until 700 AM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of Wet Beaver Creek is occurring. Deadly flooding over low-water crossings. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1152 PM MST, river gauges along Wet Beaver Creek continued to report elevated flow. Water levels are expected to gradually fall through the overnight into early Friday morning. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dry Beaver Creek, Walker Creek, Rarick Canyon, Verde River a…

    External source link
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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cdac62791160b8c7fc650f1bbfb2f7749006fd83.001.1

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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.76a0d48bde5926e0430ae2b07fda0a6b0829f59a.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 23 October 2026 at 06:58 UTC

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First saved record · 23 October 2026 at 06:57 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Flood Warning issued October 22 at 11:52PM MST until October 23 at 7:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 23 October 2026 at 06:52 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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