Arizona Severe Flash Flood Warning | Effective 09-29-2026 15:22

Headline: 
Flash Flood Warning issued September 29 at 3:22PM MST until September 29 at 6:15PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
Event: 
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 29, 2026 - 3:22pm
Expires: 
September 29, 2026 - 6:15pm
Description: 
FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * Until 615 PM MST. * At 322 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in an area spanning from Prescott to near Paulden. Between 0.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, normally dry washes, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Prescott, Williamson Valley, Cayuse Picnic Area, Alto Pit OHV, Wildwood Estates, Thumbe Butte, Sullivan Buttes, Downtown Prescott, Rancho Vista Estates, Sunset Lookout, Quartz Mountain, Copper Basin, Paulden, Granite Mountain Wilderness, Iron Springs, AC Williams Granite Creek Park, Whipple and Courthouse Plaza. This includes the following highways... State Route 69 near mile marker 296. State Route 89 between mile markers 310 and 313...and near mile marker 336. This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... Yavapai Campground, Yavapai Campground, Alto Pit OHV, Cayuse Picnic Area, Acker Park and AC Williams Granite Creek Park. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Spence Creek, Bottleneck Wash, Dillon Wash, Mint Wash, Woolsey Wash, Iron Springs Wash, Big Chino Wash, Willow Creek, Hassayampa River, Bannon Creek, Mud Tank Wash, Butte Wash, Skull Valley Wash, Verde River, Granite Creek, Copper Basin Wash, Williamson Valley Wash, Cooper Wash, Little Chino Valley, Butte Creek, Finch Wash, Miller Creek, Logan Wash and Strickland Wash.
Instruction: 
Flooding of washes and creeks will occur, some dirt roads will become muddy and impassable. Paved roads and underpasses could become flooded as well.
SNM: AVISO DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS hasta 6:15 PM MST. Evite areas inundadas.
Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia: AVISO DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS en efecto para esta area hasta las 6:15 PM MST. Esta es una situacion peligrosa y amenaza la vida. No intente viajar a menos que sea para abandonar un area propensa a inundaciones o bajo una orden de desalojo.
Area Description: 
Yavapai, AZ
Forcast Office: 
NWS Flagstaff AZ
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov