Deep monsoon moisture brought thunderstorms and flash flooding to parts of northern Arizona.
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The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
Deep monsoon moisture brought thunderstorms and flash flooding to parts of northern Arizona.
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 Jul 26, 11:15 AM MST, 41 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain over the Government Tank drainage and Pipeline/Tunnel fire scars caused flooding along the side of Highway 89 with only one lane open.
A few people were evacuated from a home that flooded in eastern Chinle near Canyon de Chelly. The time was estimated from radar.
The stream gauge on Cibcue (CBQ) Creek near the confluence with the Salt River showed a 3.5 foot rise to 2,500 cubic feet per second.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 2022
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1049300, 1049722, 1049311.