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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
635 PM MST THU OCT 22 2026
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COCONINO AZ-YAVAPAI AZ-
635 PM MST THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* 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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3472 11190 3467 11189 3468 11191 3467 11194
3469 11195 3470 11193 3473 11193 3481 11190
3484 11179 3487 11177 3492 11176 3499 11178
3504 11177 3509 11171 3503 11171 3496 11175
3491 11172 3486 11174 3481 11179 3479 11188
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