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Flash Flood in Apache County, Arizona

Flash Flood July 24, 2021 · Apache County, Arizona

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A flash flood in The Little Colorado River covered the Highway 191 bridge in St Johns and made it impassable.

The wider storm

Deep monsoon moisture over northern Arizona and an area of low pressure moving over the area from the east brought more thunderstorms with heavy rain, flooding, and at least one funnel cloud. A mesoscale convective complex formed late in the day and kept thunderstorms going through the night and into the morning of July 25.

Began near St Johns (34.5170, -109.3260).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 979265. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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