{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.b0617e5dff14e194ac7ee360395442a6853b5566.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 3:16PM MST until September 16 at 5:15PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.b0617e5dff14e194ac7ee360395442a6853b5566.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Flagstaff AZ"},"word_count":284,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 3:16PM MST until September 16 at 5:15PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Coconino, AZ; Yavapai, AZ\n**Issued by:** NWS Flagstaff AZ\n**Sent:** 2026-09-16T15:16:00-07:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-16T15:16:00-07:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-16T17:15:00-07:00\n\n## Description\nAt 316 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy\nrain over the Pocket Fire scar. Up to 2.5 inches of rain have fallen.\nFlash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing\nflash flooding in and around the Pocket Fire scar.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the\nPocket Fire scar.\n\nSome locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nSedona, Edge of the World, East Pocket Lookout Tower, Fernow Cabin,\nSlide Rock State Park, Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, West\nFork of Oak Creek, Indian Gardens and Uptown Sedona.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nState Route 179 near mile marker 313. State Route 89A between mile\nmarkers 366 and 368...and between mile markers 374 and 385.\n\nThis includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds...\nManzanita Campground and Cave Springs Campground.\n\nThis includes the following swimming holes...\nSlide Rock, Encinoso, Grasshopper Point and Midgely Bridge.\n\nThis includes the following creeks, washes and rivers...\nDry Creek, Spring Creek, West Fork Oak Creek and Oak Creek.\n\n## Instructions\nFlash flooding is occurring or imminent within and downstream of the\nPocket Fire scar. Severe debris flow are expected within Dry Creek,\nSecret Canyon, Long Canyon, Bear Sign Canyon, and the West Fork of\nOak Creek. Oak Creek may also see elevated flow from the West Fork\nconfluence to Sedona. Campers and hikers should get away from creeks\nand move to higher ground immediately! Stay away or be swept away!"}