Flood, Yavapai
- When
- September 6, 9:50 PM MST to 10:30 PM MST
- Where
- Yavapai County, Black Canyon City
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -112.554 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Arizona, September 6, 1996
Small stream flooding. The Aqua Fria River flooded over River Bend Road at Black Canyon City.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
Small stream flooding. The Aqua Fria River flooded over River Bend Road at Black Canyon City. The flooding was caused by thunderstorm rain and closed River Bend Road for 40 minutes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in West Virginia, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, September 6, 1996
- Flooding in Virginia, September 6 to 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 6, 1996
- Flooding in West Virginia, September 6 to 8, 1996
- High Wind in Virginia, September 6, 1996
- Flooding in Maryland, September 6 to 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 6, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5567678.