NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued October 22 at 6:35PM MST until October 23 at 12:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
* 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.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe