Heavy Rain — Navajo, Arizona

2023-08-09 · near Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona

Event narrative

Widespread standing water was seen next to State Route 77. The highway was not flooded.

Wider weather episode

The air flow over Arizona slowly transitioned from a west to east trajectory, to more southerly. This was due to a nearly stationary low forming off the western coast of California, which will provided some dynamical forcing. This allowed moisture to move northward from Mexico. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms formed over the north-central Arizona.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1122772. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.