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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 18, 2026Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2026, 1:23 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2026, 1:23 PM MST (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2026, 4:30 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 18, 12:13 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 12:13 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 9:33 AM MST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 5:22 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Coconino	3 hr
Jul 17, 6:05 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Jul 17, 6:21 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Apache	3 hr
Jul 17, 6:33 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Navajo	3 hr
Jul 17, 7:08 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Apache	3 hr
Jul 18, 11:18 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Coconino	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:22 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:42 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.