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Flood Warning

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Coconino, AZ; Yavapai, AZ

Status In Progress Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
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Severity Severe
Urgency Expected
Certainty Likely

Details

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues in Oak Creek.
* WHERE...Oak Creek in Coconino and Yavapai counties...
* WHEN...Until 1100 AM MST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of Oak Creek is occurring. Deadly flooding over low-water crossings.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1144 PM MST, a river gauges on Oak Creek showed falling water levels, however the flow remained elevated and near action stage. Water levels are expected to gradually fall through the overnight and into Friday morning. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dry Creek, Pumphouse Wash, West Fork Oak Creek, Spring Creek, Verde River, Oak Creek and Turkey Creek. - For Oak Creek at Cornville: At 11:00pm the stage was 6.27 feet. Flood Stage is 8.0 feet. Impacts: At 7.0 feet: Flooding begins to inundate lower terrace of RV park upstream of Page Springs Road Bridge. At 8.0 feet: Flooding of lower terrace of RV park upstream of Page Springs Road Bridge.
- For Oak Creek at Oak Creek at Sedona: At 10:45pm the stage was 6.29 feet. Flood Stage is 14.0 feet. Impacts: At 5.0 feet: Multiple private low water crossings and bridges over Oak Creek above Sedona become impassable. At 7.0 feet: Likely to cause minor flooding downstream in Page Springs area 4 to 6 hours later. - 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 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.

Instructions

Stay away or be swept away! The banks of creeks and washes are unstable and unsafe during any flooding event.
Low water crossings will become dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
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