Flash Flood in Arizona, July 25, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Arizona, July 25, 1999
Start: 1999-07-25T13:50
End: 1999-07-25T16:00
Location: Arizona

July 25, 1999 · NWS FGZ · 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.

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Coconino

When: July 25, 1:50 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
Where: Coconino County, 4 mi N of Sedona
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Doppler radar estimates of 2 plus inches of rain per hour caused flash flooding and mudslides in Oak Creek Canyon. A 4 foot tall slab of mud was left on Highway 89A in the Indian Gardens section of the canyon. Nearby, the Schnebly Hill underpass was flooded with water three feet deep and debris across the road.

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: 5712496.