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Flash Flood in Coconino County, Arizona

Flash Flood August 7, 2001 · Coconino County, Arizona

2
Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two people died while hiking in a slot canyon when a flash flood washed them down stream. The two were long overdue from a hiking trip when searchers began looking for them. The last entry in a personal journal, dated August 7, indicated that they were going to hike up a slot canyon 16 miles southwest of The Gap. The canyon is marked by steep cliff walls that offer no escape to higher ground in the event of a flash flood. Their bodies were found over 16 days later.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5266980. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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