356  
WGUS85 KFGZ 210013  
FLSFGZ  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ  
513 PM MST THU AUG 20 2026  
 
AZC025-210200-  
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
YAVAPAI AZ-  
513 PM MST THU AUG 20 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...CHINO VALLEY IN YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 PM MST.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN CREEKS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES IS  
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS WILL CREATE  
SLICK ROADS AND MUDDY UNPAVED ROADS. PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS  
AND IN URBAN AREAS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 512 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD  
ENDED OVER THE CHINO VALLEY AREA. HOWEVER, MINOR FLOODING REMAINS  
A THREAT FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR  
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY  
AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...  
BIG CHINO WASH, LITTLE CHINO VALLEY, GRANITE CREEK, WILLIAMSON  
VALLEY WASH, DILLON WASH, MINT WASH, COOPER WASH, VERDE RIVER,  
BOTTLENECK WASH AND BUTTE WASH.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
CHINO VALLEY, WILLIAMSON VALLEY, AND PAULDEN.  
- THIS INCLUDES STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 320 AND 336.  
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT  
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3464 11249 3464 11237 3478 11239 3486 11245  
3489 11249 3489 11258 3487 11262 3483 11263  
3479 11262 3474 11252  
 

 
 
HUMPHREYS  
 
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