NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued August 29 at 5:41PM MST until August 29 at 7:45PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
FFWFGZ
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Bright Angel Creek Basin below the Dragon Bravo Fire scar in...
Coconino County in north central Arizona...
* Until 745 PM MST.
* At 541 PM MST, Heavy rain from earlier has produced flash flooding
along Bright Angel Creek in the area of Phantom Ranch and the
Transept. Heavy creek flow in ongoing.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding in and around the Bright Angel Creek Basin
below the Dragon Bravo Fire scar.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the
Bright Angel Creek Basin below the Dragon Bravo Fire scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bright Angel Point, Phantom Ranch, Pipe Creek Resthouse, Point
Sublime, Cape Royal Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Buddha
Cloister and Vista Encantada.
This includes the Colorado River between river miles 87 and 89...and
between river miles 99 and 100.
This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds...
Ribbon Falls, Bright Angel Campground, North Rim Campground,
Cottonwood Campground, Clear Creek Camp Site, Upper Cremation Camp
Site, Lower Cremation Camp Site, Roy's Beach Camp Site, Boat Beach
Camp Site, Crystal Camp Site, Ego Beach Camp Site, Above Tuna Creek
Camp Site, Above Tuna Rapids Camp Site, Manzanita Rest Area and
Roaring Springs.
This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers...
Bright Angel Creek, Crystal Creek, Colorado River, Clear Creek,
Tuna Creek, Unkar Creek, Shinumo Creek, Kwagunt Creek, North
Canyon, South Canyon, Zoroaster Canyon, Nankoweap Canyon, Lava
Canyon and Slate Creek.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 891st Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days