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Flash Flood Warning issued October 22 at 1:42PM MST until October 22 at 7:45PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

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

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Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 20:42 UTC
First saved by us: 22 October 2026 at 20:57 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 · Yavapai, AZ
Certainty / urgency: Likely / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end): 23 October 2026 at 02:45 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 22 October 2026 at 20:42 UTC / 23 October 2026 at 02:45 UTC

Archived official description

FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * Until 745 PM MST Thursday. * At 142 PM MST, repeated heavy rainfall from thunderstorms across the region have caused a nearly 4 foot rise in Wet Beaver 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... Lake Montezuma, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Montezuma Well, Lawrence Crossing, Crane Petroglyph Heritage Site, Bell Crossing/The Crack and Wet Beaver Wilderness. 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... Long Canyon, Dry Beaver Creek, Rarick Canyon, Beaver Creek, Walker Creek 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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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 20:57 UTC

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22 October 2026 at 20:57 UTC

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Our first saved version of Flash Flood Warning issued October 22 at 1:42PM MST until October 22 at 7:45PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 20:42 UTC

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