NWS Flagstaff AZFF.W 0156September 13, 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 4:30 p.m. local time on September 13. It was the 156th 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 3.1 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
- 1:24 p.m. PDT, September 13, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. PDT, September 13, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFGZ FF.W 0156
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona since 2008Every warning type in Arizona
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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 430 PM MST. * At 124 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area from Poland Junction to Mayer, including the Big Bug Creek drainage. Between 0.75 and 1.75 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.75 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... Dewey-Humboldt, Mayer, Spring Valley, Cordes Lakes, Centennial Park, Poland Junction and Cordes Junction. This includes the following highways... State Route 69 between mile markers 263 and 279. Interstate 17 near mile marker 262. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Hackberry Creek, Big Bug Creek, Turkey Creek, Yarber Wash, Brushy Wash, Mineral Creek, Agua Fria River, Antelope Creek, Badger Spring Wash, Chaparral Gulch, Wolf Creek, Grapevine Creek and Cedar 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. Low water crossings will become dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
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