Flood Warning for Coconino, AZ; Yavapai, AZ
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What: Flooding caused by excessive rainfall since Wednesday will continue to move south through Oak Creek into late Thursday evening. Impacts: Flooding in and adjacent to Oak Creek is occurring. Where: Coconino County in north central Arizona... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... When: Until midnight MST...
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Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall since Wednesday will continue to move south through Oak Creek into late Thursday evening. * WHERE...Coconino County in north central Arizona... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * WHEN...Until midnight MST tonight. * IMPACTS...Flooding in and adjacent to Oak Creek is occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 628 PM MST, River levels along Oak Creek continue to run above action levels this evening. 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. For Oak Creek at Cornville: At 6:00pm the stage was 7.43 feet. Flood Stage is 8.0 feet. Forecast: A crest of 8.33 feet is expected at 7:00pm Thursday. For Oak Creek at Oak Creek at Sedona: At 5:45pm the stage was 7.07 feet. Flood Stage is 14.0 feet. Forecast: A crest of 8.04 feet is expected at 7:00pm Thursday. Some locations that will experience 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 310 and 313. State Route 89A between mile markers 374 and 393. This includes the following recreation areas andcampgrounds... 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. Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff.
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Flood Warning issued October 22 at 6:35PM MST until October 23 at 12:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Flagstaff AZ. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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