Flash Flood — Navajo, Arizona

2022-08-14 · near Pinon, Navajo, Arizona

Event narrative

Pictures on Social Media showed that the road from Polacca to Low Mountain was washed out and impassable. The wash likely flooded to Tolani Lake.

Wider weather episode

A decaying MCV remains over the eastern Mogollon Rim in the morning brought an area of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms remain. Otherwise, clearing skies allowed for increasing instability through the afternoon. This allowed strong thunderstorms to form that produced heavy rain and flash flooding.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (36.0154, -110.1918)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1055013. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.