NWS Flagstaff AZFF.W 0189September 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Yavapai, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Flagstaff issued a flash flood warning for Yavapai in Arizona, which was in force until 12:15 a.m. local time on September 30. It was the 189th flash flood warning the NWS office in Flagstaff issued in 2026. Arizona had 145 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 41 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Arizona's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 4.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Flagstaff AZ
- Area
- Yavapai
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:22 p.m. PDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 12:15 a.m. PDT, September 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFGZ FF.W 0189
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Yavapai County in west central Arizona... * Until 1215 AM MST. * At 722 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.75 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.5 inches 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... Wilhoit, Yava and Kirkland. This includes the following highways... State Route 96 between mile markers 11 and 12. State Route 89 near mile marker 293. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Kirkland Creek, Skull Valley Wash, Eastwood Creek, Little Shipp Wash, Alkali Wash, Santa Maria River, Copper Basin Wash, Quail Spring Wash, Tank Wash and Bland Creek.
What the agency told people to do
Flooding of washes and creeks will occur, some dirt roads will become muddy and impassable. Paved roads and underpasses could become flooded as well.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.