Arizona Severe Flash Flood Warning | Effective 07/21/2026 22:24

Headline: 
Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 10:24PM MST until July 21 at 11:15PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
Event: 
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 21, 2026 - 10:24pm
Expires: 
July 21, 2026 - 11:15pm
Description: 
At 1024 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms had ended over Pocket Fire scar but light rain continued. Earlier between 0.25 and 0.75 inches was estimated by radar. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Pocket Fire scar. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Pocket Fire scar. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Sedona, Slide Rock State Park, Edge of the World, East Pocket Lookout Tower, Fernow Cabin, Uptown Sedona, Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness and Indian Gardens. This includes the following highways... State Route 179 near mile marker 313. State Route 89A between mile markers 366 and 368...and between mile markers 374 and 382. This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... Manzanita Campground. This includes the following swimming holes... Slide Rock, Encinoso, Grasshopper Point and Midgely Bridge. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dry Creek, Oak Creek, Spring Creek and West Fork Oak Creek.
Instruction: 
Flash flooding is occurring or imminent within and downstream of the Pocket Fire scar. Severe debris flow are expected within Dry Creek, Secret Canyon, Long Canyon, Bear Sign Canyon, and the West Fork of Oak Creek. Oak Creek may also see elevated flow from the West Fork confluence to Sedona. Campers and hikers should get away from creeks and move to higher ground immediately! Stay away or be swept away!
Area Description: 
Coconino, AZ; Yavapai, AZ
Forcast Office: 
NWS Flagstaff AZ