Flash Flood in Arizona, July 11, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Arizona, July 11, 1999
Start: 1999-07-11T13:35
End: 1999-07-11T15:30
Location: Arizona

July 11, 1999 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Mohave

When: July 11, 1:35 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
Where: Mohave County, Dolan Spgs
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.704, -113.758 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain producing thunderstorms produced flash flooding around Dolan Springs for a couple hours during the early afternoon. The Dolan Springs Fire Department reported some boulders washing across a secondary road and several roads around town were impassable. No significant damage was reported.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arizona in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, July 1999

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5715728.