NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued August 19 at 6:56PM MST until August 19 at 11:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
FFWFGZ
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The West Fork of Oak Creek downstream of the Pocket Fire scar in...
Coconino County in north central Arizona...
Yavapai County in west central Arizona...
* Until 1100 PM MST.
* At 656 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Pocket Fire scar. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of
rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding in and around the West Fork of Oak Creek
downstream of the Pocket Fire scar.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the
West Fork of Oak Creek downstream of the Pocket Fire scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Slide Rock State Park, Edge of the World, East Pocket Lookout
Tower, Fernow Cabin, Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Indian
Gardens and West Fork of Oak Creek.
This includes the following highways...
State Route 179 near mile marker 313. State Route 89A between mile
markers 374 and 385.
This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds...
Manzanita Campground and Cave Springs Campground.
This includes the following swimming holes...
Slide Rock, Encinoso, Grasshopper Point and Midgely Bridge.
This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers...
West Fork Oak Creek and Oak Creek.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1463rd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days