Flood Warning for Yavapai, AZ

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* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * WHEN...Until 745 PM MST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of creeks and normally dry washes is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 756 AM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1.25 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Black Butte Wash, Mineral Creek, Blind Indian Creek, Minnehaha Creek, Silver Creek, Tiger Creek, Castle Creek, Sycamore Creek, Antelope Creek, Squaw Creek, Humbug Creek, Cherry Creek, East Fork Castle Creek, Rock Creek, Towers Creek, Ash Creek, Dry Creek, Bitter Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Boulder Creek, Badger Spring Wash, Big Bug Creek, Cedar Creek, Cellar Springs Creek, Tank Creek, Brushy Wash, North Fork Rock Creek, Tuscumbia Creek, Buckhorn Creek, Larry Creek, Slate Creek, Buzzard Roost Creek, Wolf Creek, Yarber Wash, Bishop Creek, Lynx Creek, Poland Creek, Hackberry Creek, Tussock Spring Creek, Agua Fria River, Little Wolf Creek, North Fork Cellar Springs Creek, Crazy Basin Creek, Grapevine Creek, Little Buckhorn Creek, Whipsaw Creek, Banty Creek, Government Spring Wash, Sand Creek, Bear Creek, Chaparral Gulch, Jim Creek, Pine Creek, Black Canyon Creek, French Creek, Indian Creek, Little Ash Creek, Arrastra Creek, Turkey Creek, Willow Creek and Black Canyon. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Black Canyon City, Dewey-Humboldt, Cordes Lakes, Mayer, Spring Valley, Crown King, Agua Fria National Monument, Poland Junction, Lake Pleasant, Cordes Junction, Castle Hot Springs, Arcosanti, Horse Thief Basin, Bumble Bee, Rock Springs, Cleator, Humbug, Coles Bay and Humbug Bay. This includes the following highways... State Route 69 between mile markers 263 and 283. Interstate 17 between mile markers 242 and 268. This includes the following recreation areas andcampgrounds... Turney Gulch Group Campground, Hazlett Hollow Campground and Black Canyon Campground. Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff.