Heavy Rain, Yavapai
- When
- February 18, 2:00 AM MST to 3:00 AM MST
- Where
- Yavapai County, Black Canyon City
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -112.554 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Arizona, February 18, 2005
Heavy rain caused street flooding in Black Canyon City. The heavy rain also caused a traffic accident on I-17 at mile marker 247.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
Heavy rain caused street flooding in Black Canyon City. The heavy rain also caused a traffic accident on I-17 at mile marker 247.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 17, 9:50 PM MST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 9:50 PM MST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18 to 23, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 18, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 18 to 21, 2005
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18 to 19, 2005
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 18 to 21, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 18 to 20, 2005
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18, 2005
- Winter Weather in Utah, February 18 to 20, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 18 to 20, 2005
- Flooding in Illinois, February 18 to 25, 2005
- Heavy Snow in California, February 18, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 18 to 19, 2005
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, February 2005
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: 5441291.