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EXPIRED10/10/2025 5:52:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: MinorCertainty: Likely
10/10/2025 5:52:00 AM until 10/10/2025 8:45:00 AM
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.
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central, north central, and west central
Arizona, including the following counties, in east central
Arizona, Gila. In north central Arizona, Coconino. In west central
Arizona, Yavapai.
* WHEN...Until 845 AM 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. Some low-water crossings may
become impassable.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 550 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.75 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen.
- This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers...
Professor Creek, Squaw Creek, Pigeon Creek, Middle Red Creek,
Tangle Creek, East Branch Squaw Creek, Hardscrabble Creek,
Red Creek, Bishop Creek, Brushy Creek, Toms Creek, Dry Wash,
South Fork Mud Spring Creek, West Clear Creek, Wet Bottom
Creek, Corduroy Wash, Bull Run Creek, West Webber Creek,
Deadman Creek, Lime Creek, Fossil Creek, Verde River, Clover
Creek, South Prong Sycamore Creek, Ash Spring Creek, New
River, Davenport Wash, Spring Wash, Little Lime Creek, Mud
Spring Creek, Cold Water Creek, Horse Creek, Houston Creek
and Sycamore Creek.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Childs Power Plant, Fossil Creek Day Use Area, Fossil Creek
Waterfall, The Toilet Bowl, Strawberry, Table Mountain, Pine,
Chalk Mountain, Sunset Mountain, Indian Maiden Falls, Hanging
Garden, Pine Mountain Wilderness, Tonto Natural Bridge State
Park, Cedar Bench Wilderness, Fossil Springs Wilderness and
West Clear Creek Wilderness.
- This includes the following highways...
State Route 260 between mile markers 233 and 251.
State Route 87 between mile markers 267 and 280.
This includes the following swimming holes...
All swimming holes and waterfalls on Fossil Creek and Fossil
Creek Dam "The Toilet Bowl".
- Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff.