NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued August 23 at 2:26PM MST until August 23 at 4:30PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
At 226 PM MST /326 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated that the heavy
rain had ended over the Antelope Creek basin. However, flash flooding
remains a threat from earlier thunderstorms producing heavy rain.
Between 0.75 and 1.25 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts
will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. Flash flooding
is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding in and around the Antelope Creek basin.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the
Antelope Creek basin.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Antelope Canyon.
This includes the following slot canyons...
Upper Antelope Canyon, Lower Antelope Canyon, Owl Canyon, Rattlesnake
Canyon, Mountain Sheep Canyon, Ramshead Canyon, Wind Pebble Canyon
and Porcupine Canyon.
This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers...
Antelope Creek.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1201st Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days