Flash Flood — Apache, Arizona

2022-08-14 · near Wide Ruin, Apache, Arizona

Event narrative

Flooding was reported on Highway 191 near Wide Ruin.

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1055016. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.