Reed, you have some of the best and most informative weather videos I have ever seen. I am aware of other people who say oh some people make too much noise in their videos, but to heck with them. Please never stop doing what you do, sir.

@johntaylor4817

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy the enthusiasm as well.

The "stupid motorist law" is a law in the U.S. state of Arizona that states that any motorist who becomes stranded after driving around barricades to enter a flooded stretch of roadway may be charged for the cost of their rescue. The law corresponds to section 28-910 of the Arizona Revised Statutes

@robertcolpitts4534

Жыл бұрын

They have a similar law here in Texas. They get charged the full amount...... if they survive. Turn Around! Don't Drown!

@jadepaulsen8456

Жыл бұрын

Same in whistler British Columbia. You ski outside the warnings.....you pay. 5000.00$ and up. Rescuers are risking their lives because of cocky fools.

@slabriprock5329

Жыл бұрын

We had a rescue interviewed on TV here and she said "I saw that road closed sign but I thought it just meant be careful"

@brown5252

Жыл бұрын

@@slabriprock5329 ☠☠☠☠

@kathyobdstuckless8400

Жыл бұрын

Ppl are curious to a fault

A friend living in Tucson once found what looked like a buried car in a wash after some flooding and called the police. Ended up the car was last seen driving into a flooded wash back in the mid 70's, and when the car was dug out some human remains were found. At least this finally closed a missing person case. Flash flooding is serious, those signs were put there for a reason.

Amazing. When I first moved to AZ, I didn't know about the monsoon (pre-cell phone days!) and was hiking back in the Crack at Wet Beaver creek on a sunny day. The monsoon rolled over the rim and poured in sheets. Gorgeous, but we were hiking on a cliffside trail with water pouring down the washes over our ankles. When we reached the base of the cliff, we thought we were in the clear on a wide trail high above the creek but forgot water would be pouring down the mountain, so we were hiking in four inches! There really weren't many safe options. Happily, we made it out safe, but I have had HUGE respect for the weather ever since! Incredible video! I've driven past Dry Beaver creek hundreds of times and will look at it with amazement now!

I’ve lived in Arizona my whole life and every year we suffer from preventable deaths during monsoon season because people don’t practice extreme caution during flash floods. Don’t camp in washes, or near river beds even if the sky is clear. Don’t drive through washes even if the water looks shallow. Don’t hike into canyons or washes even if the weather is clear where you are at. Heavy localized rainfall is common during monsoons, so even if it’s sunny and nice where you are at, you have no idea what is coming from upstream. If you suspect there is a flash flood headed your way get to high ground immediately, even if it means abandoning your vehicle. Do not try to outrun the water. Just some tips I was taught from a young age about the dangers of the monsoons.

@markdaniel8740

Жыл бұрын

The event shown here started far away and the sky goes from nice and pleasant to extremely heavy wind and rain in minutes.

@louisc.gasper7588

Жыл бұрын

Last year, here in Cochise County, a motorist got in trouble when he drove into what looked to be merely standing water. It was mud, deep enough to strand him. He called his brother to come and winch him out. Then another flood came and both were swept away. Remarkably, they were able to get out of the water two miles downstream and survived without serious injury. Their clothes were mostly torn off them by the branches they encountered in the water. Few people drown in flash floods; most of the deaths are from blunt force injury from the logs and rocks and other heavy stuff driven along by the water.

@nemo227

Жыл бұрын

@@louisc.gasper7588 Some "lessons" come at a dear price. Those brothers will remember their lesson all the rest of their days.

@louisc.gasper7588

Жыл бұрын

@@nemo227 And it's a lesson not widely shared or understood: He did not drive into moving water, which is the great mantra we are taught. He didn't violate that rule at all. But he still was caught by the flood. The key is perhaps that it was at night, and it just wasn't possible to see clearly what he was getting into.

@nemo227

Жыл бұрын

@@louisc.gasper7588 Indeed, yes. Sometimes the water flow looks safe enough but the water carries many battering rams in the form of logs, big rolling rocks. No one wants to be battered to death.

Before anyone even thinks of attempting something like this, they should be aware that Reed has been working with water for many years. The water knows and trusts him, and will not attack no matter how close he gets.

@ATF.California

2 ай бұрын

Yup that’s why his nickname is Reed the water bender 😊❤

@user-wt6zz9ek6h

Ай бұрын

Nonsens

Oh my gosh. This brought back so many memories of living in the high desert in California. One minute you have a dry Wash- the next minute a raging river. Nature is amazing

@randomweirdo2701

Жыл бұрын

The same thing happens in far west Texas and neighboring parts of New Mexico as well. They're also high desert.

I’ve never seen a flash flood, this is amazing. I had no idea it could come so quickly!

@ronblack7870

Жыл бұрын

there are more dramatic ones on youtube where water overtakes bridges. so goes from dry to overtopping a bridge in like 30 seconds.

@harrycurrie9664

Жыл бұрын

Yes, amazing how big it got from only 3 inches.

What people don't realize here in Arizona the flash floods washes are dug out and have a high degree angle due to the soft sand water quickly erodes causing the water to flow at a high rate. Much higher then water flows in the midwest.

@jcgardner5852

Жыл бұрын

I live in southwest Utah so its similar and lived in Az. Floods so dangerous

This is my a backyard. Wet Beaver creek runs right behind my house, dry BC is about 3 min away. I see this every monsoon season

@sharongoodsell9341

2 ай бұрын

Dose the water overflow from a river , Aussie

Love your videos. I live in Las Vegas,NV and a few years ago we were at the Wetlands and it started raining in North Las Vegas and then the flowing water started to get really loud so even though we had clear skies where we were and no rain yet we moved to higher ground so that we were on the paved bike trail that was there. Then I kept hearing random like wood knocks and creaking and then snap snap. I looked and saw like 12 50ft tall trees swaying slowly them looking like those whacky flaying floating tube thingys usually at used car lots. And then saw this whirlpool/sinkhole open up and swallowed those trees like they were nothing along with probably an acres worth of land. Within 4 minutes the flowing water in the wash that was as wide as a 2 lane road opened up and was wider than all the lanes from one side to the other side of the I-15 before it started to rain at the Wetlands where we were. If I ever get my computer working I have video footage of it that I recorded on my phone and I will upload it here on youtube.

@kevinb3812

Жыл бұрын

Do Show!

We live right on the top of the plateau of the “Dry Beaker Creek.” We witnessed this wall of water standing at the top of our property. I told my husband I could hear it coming down the creek. You can hear it very loud and clear. We hike this creek all the time with our children, and I’ve always advised to them anytime it’s raining anywhere in the outskirts to get out of the creek immediately in fact that we only allow them to go when it’s a sunny day. Arizona has had the biggest monsoon season and wettest winter and right now March 23 we’re having major flash floods. It’s a sight to behold to see a wall of water, and we’ve explain to the children how dangerous it is, even though it looks unassuming the debris and the way it travels and how fast it travels is unassuming.the Dry Beaver Creek has pockets that are well over 20 feet deep. You would never think it but it’s got very interesting terrain. We have stood above looking down at cars trying to cross and people being swept away and have watched multiple search and rescue teams try to rescue people. Please be safe and never cross the creek when running. The debris that we have found after these flash floods are amazing, including car parts parts of a home even children’s car seats. Reed you’ve done this area an amazing job! I’ll try to attach some pictures.

Incredible one minute it’s dry and next minute it’s flooding everywhere fascinating to watch nature turn things around in such a short time. Thank you for sharing

That was so amazing For people who don’t know what a flash flood is they need to watch this GOOD JOB 👍

I don't live to far from Rimrock but back in 2004-6 there was some good monsoons that wood come and this particular area at this crossing would be 5' higher and almost flowing up to the road. There were other places too like Oak Creek canyon and the Verde River that would hurl big huge rocks down the river channels, the sound was deafening.

@ReedTimmerWx

Жыл бұрын

Wow just after the very active 2003-2004 tornado seasons

@tonythomas951

Жыл бұрын

Ive been in Tucson since 69 and remember 83. That was serious flooding.

@Patrickak2013

Жыл бұрын

@@tonythomas951 Yes, there was and then there was a drought later then back to more more monsoons. That was when AZ had natural weather and now it seems to be chemtrails and weather wars making our weather now with little to no monsoons. Destroying the food crops with too much water or not enough.

Nice intercept! Not many people realize the dangers of flash flooding. That area became a river so fast! Never Stop Chasing!

@ReedTimmerWx

Жыл бұрын

Never stop chasing.

@southernsass2937

Жыл бұрын

@@ReedTimmerWx Stay safe Reed. Wow, really scary 😳

@DennisGr

Жыл бұрын

the danger is very real, a flash flood in germany last year in the ahr valley killed 200 and caused billions in property damages. we were underprepared. as you can see from the numbers, this is comparable to something like the joplin,mo f5 from 2011. very, very scary.

@leechjim8023

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, that was a real river!

@DieselRamcharger

Жыл бұрын

and if you get caught in one out in arizona you go to jail, if you survive. we tired of these dumb fuckers.

It would pay to mention that post flood crossing of roads the flood crossed is dangerous check downstream side of road as flood often undercuts it as it washes out. Road may collapse undervehicle. Always check .

@citetez

Жыл бұрын

Also, a woodchuck may have chucked wood.

Thats awesome footage Reed shows just how fast flooding can happen. We had family swept away few years ago sleeping in tents on river bank. Didnt even rain where they were camping it came a down poor about 10 miles away from them and the river took them in their sleep. This happened in sw Missouri several years ago!

@FlourishingLove

Жыл бұрын

Were they ever found? Did they perish or survive?

Awesome vid Reed! It is astonishing how quickly that turned from "Oh look! There's a bit of water coming." to "Holy crap! It's a raging, muddy river full of debris, get to high ground NOW!!" Seriously like 90 seconds from trickle to extreme danger. It's natural to underestimate the seriousness of a situation like that.

That is insane. Imagine a choke point with that volume that fast. Great footage/example of the speed of the danger.

I grew up in that neighborhood and am still in awe at the sudden and intense power of rain in the desert. Never Stop Chasing!

I had no idea Reed had a doctorate.... Damn, if I had one, I'd be constantly reminding people I'm a Dr. Lol Reeds awesome AND he's humble!

@newenglandcoast7121

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. His knowledge makes my head spin!

@Wildman-zh8lg

19 күн бұрын

Not that kind of doctor

My family used to travel during the summer to Amarillo TX. One afternoon near the Arizona/California border we were caught under a devastating cell that dropped so much rain we couldn't see the front of our hood. My dad immediately drove to the highest rise on the road and stopped. Streams of water poured across the road before us and behind us. We just stayed there and watched the flood go around us. We had to wait a couple of hours until the water abated, and even then we ended up rolling over a sharp rock and had to find an open repair place in Needles, CA to fix it. That was a memorable day on the road!

Thanks for another great explanation and up personal view of flash flood dangers and tips to stay safe. Important information if you are purchasing property, exploring a new area, or building a home..

Never ever lose that sweat band. Great work and Thank You ! I have run that stretch a handful of times in a ducky.

At 3:44 you can see a “hydraulic jump” develop on the left margin of the frame, and quickly migrate upstream as the water depth increases as the downstream flow from center frame behind the small dirt berm intersects and over rides the transverse flow coming from left to right. Pretty cool fluid dynamics.

After living in Thailand for 14 years it's funny to see your excitement over what is a regular rainy day here. We keep a kayak handy for the big ones.

@NoCopyrightMusicsss

4 ай бұрын

There it is. The inevitable "yeah, well where I live we get tsnumais, tornadoes, wildfires, and hurricanes every day! And they're all 10x bigger!!"

Oh my gosh, I just saw this video and this is just a few miles from where I live. Great video Reed. I remember this storm.

The power of water. Amazing! What a rush!

Lived in Rimrock for a decade.......I am a Zonie and have never seen more magnificent Monsoon storms than Rimrock......watched clouds go 3 different directions above my house..... such a display of power...... sure picked a good spot.....know exactly where you are at.......

Lots of beavers in Arizona! LOL, Beaver Creek. Great video my friend. Thank you.

I grew up in Iowa but have lived in AZ. The flash floods here come so fast and furious. It is crazy!

Wow, amazing how quickly it grew. I live in the Village and didn't realize Dry Beaver could rise like that.

this also happens in WV. my 2 younger brothers and their friends were caught in the middle of the night. they were camping too close to a small creek. ended up in trees clinging on for life! stunning yet scary video!!

Good vid, Reid! As an AZ resident of a decade, I can attest to how powerful our storms and flooding are. Your vid captures it perfectly!

The flood is like umm.. Excuse me let me go by sir... thank u.. 😇 when I was home in the reservations we use to watch the floods when it rained heavy when I was little.

Dude looks like he's hammered ! Nice retro , tennis headband ! 😅😂🤣

It is incredible how powerful a "little bit of water" is when it gets together with all it's buddies. Thank you for showing us this example.

I can’t get over the sweat band. LOL!!! 😂

It always surprises me just how many people will try to cross the roads in a flash flood!! I’m a Native Arizona resident, no matter how many signs go up people still try to cross the roads!!

I like where you put up the little blue boxes explaining the situation, but keep them up a few seconds longer so I can read the whole explanation please. Keep chasing my friend.

@redflamearrow7113

Жыл бұрын

Yes, please keep the blue boxes up longer. The ones in the first half of the video were impossible to finish reading!

@sevenmile

Жыл бұрын

@@redflamearrow7113 Pause button??

Dr. Reed: "unedited flash flood" Me: 'interrupted by advertisement'

Good job being there with camera rolling at the time of the flood hitting. I knew changes come quick and it's amazing to see just how fast the scene transforms!

The creek bed doesn't have to be dry to get into trouble. There's this water hole on Adams Ave by Crescentville Rd, recall hearing of a flash flood warning. Tacony creek runs by there, and with a low-head dam creating a sizable pool, many inner-city youth play in it with no city pools nearby. A wall of high water came down the creek and caught them by surprise. Several went over the dam onto the rocky creekbed and lost their lives. Philadelphia PA.

Wow! Great video, thanks! I live about a 3/4 mile from Dry Beaver, and hike it frequently, a few miles upstream from where you shot the video. I've always been amazed at how fast the creek can go from no water at all to a raging torrent in no time flat. Going down to check the water level in the creek right after I finish this post, but definitely not going anywhere near the creek bottom after watching that video!

Most of these desert streams are dry most of the year and they are often used as routes for hikers or 4-wheelers, but when the rain comes they flash flood. Back in September of 2015 a series of flash floods killed a total of 21 people lost their lives, mostly in Utah but also in Arizona.

Another reminder of the awesome and dangerous power of water. People need to see stuff like this so that they can understand how powerful water is and how not to get caught in it.

That escalated quick!! I just move to the southwest so this is the type of stuff I need to learn, so thanks for the upload :)

1988, I was stationed at Kirtland AFB and was in the highest of Albuquerque. I was at the edge of the 100 year flood. 7 inches of rain and hail came down in 45 minutes. it was terrifying! all the intersections turned into raging rivers. One teenager crossed the arroyo when it was flowing and the flow rate was so intense, the Guard Rail was ripped out of the ground and the car with teenager went sailing down Indian school road. She was yelling for help but no one could help her. Her body was found a mile down river in some bushes. Car was buried with sand to its roof.

Great video! I think you're having far too much fun! Greetings from the UK.

Thank you for posting this. I have family in Rimrock and Cottonwood. We are about to drive down for our honeymoon and we pray we all make it safe and sound. My husband watched this and learned how quickly we would get 3" of rain and it would flood the valley within minutes

Amazing how quickly the water volume increases. Good video!

That water may not be that deep but right on the downstream edge of the road was what's called a drowning machine much like low head dams. It wouldn't take much of a branch to knock someone off their feet and then get trapped in the turbulence. Stay safe

@xcrockery8080

Жыл бұрын

If you do get dragged into it, you need to swim down and use the bottom to crawl out towards downstream.

@dtvjho

Жыл бұрын

In white water rafting, those are called hydraulics. People knocked off rafts and kayaks have been known to get tossed in a few cycles like a washing machine then get spit out before they drown, the very unlucky few do die in these. A raft or kayak getting caught is likely to flip.

I've got friends in Rimrock. The arroyos are no joke during monsoon season. Too bad they chased all the beavers away from Beaver Creek, reintroducing them might help alleviate some of the drought.

"Very dangerous storm almost got struck right there." Be careful Reed especially driving through flood waters! Be safe man!

If you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life. Reed reminds me of a happily excited child. He's got it made.

Thank you, first time I’ve ever seen a flash flood.

Awesome. Great work. The Best PSA ever.

Thanks Reed for educating us on flash flooding and thanks Brian for the great edit. Never Stop Chasing!

@michaelbauer5081

Жыл бұрын

That is powerful and awesome and deadly at the same time!! Wow.

@RoadTrekker866

Жыл бұрын

Yes thank you for encouraging others to cross flooded roads.

That's alot of water!!!!!!!!!!!! Imagine if that all went to Lake Mead

@goldfieldgary

2 ай бұрын

That's nowhere near Lake Mead.

Great stuff. Great opportunity to manage and capture water resources to help meet future needs instead of letting the water slip away.

Wow! Didn't realise how quickly they get so fast. Thank you for sharing.

More please! I need to understand these things now that I live on the road. Have been dodging storms all summer!

You can hear the excitement in Dr. Timmer's voice. He's lucky to have a job in a field he loves. I have never seen a flash flood in person living in Southeastern part of USA where we get about 46" of rain per year. That is frightening. If you get caught in that and have no other choice, I guess climbing a huge tree would be safe.

@BookieLukie21

Жыл бұрын

The bad thing about the rain we get here in the East is the mudslides off the mountains when the ground is oversaturated.

After living in Arizona for around 19 years one thing that we always learned is if you're driving in any area that could be part of a flash flood and you see dark clouds in the distance over the mountains get the heck out of Dodge. Cuz one's coming. We even saw a flash floods at coming down i-17 in 2013 through Phoenix. This time of year is a great time of year to see this kind of stuff go on. I hope that you get to see a microburst. We got those from time to time during monsoon season.

I love watching you chase storms and monsoon floods. Such amazing excitement 🤩🤩🤩

This was pretty amazing and educational. Never seen anything like this. Thanks for sharing. Hope others pay close to attention to just how dangerous this is. I am from Western KY. We do not see stuff like this. Mother Nature can be a beast.

@nickel0eye

Жыл бұрын

eastern KY does! Scary stuff!

Wow that was pretty amazing footage. Just from three inches of rain simply amazing

It covered the spot you where standing in before back up few Steps in seconds truly amazing nothing to mess with is it

This was a great storm. 👍 I drove right past you, I'm sure. I live 5 minutes away from that wash

Great footage. I've seen one of those really destroy part of Camp Verde (just down the road) in the mid 70's.

Very impressive and as you say: The speed of change is crazy. Great drone-shots, thx!

We lived in Phoenix from 1990 to 1993, coming from Tulsa, OK. The power of flash floods in Arizona is amazing and dangerous. People drown every year thinking they can drive or walk across a creek bed but get pulled downstream before they can react.

▶️▶️▶️I am truly taken aback at the amount of water that came out of nowhere! Thank you for the real time education. I might have been one of the uneducated trying to camp not realizing the danger coming my way. You do a service to the people like me that are not from flash flood areas❤️❤️❤️

Thanks Reed for your extraordinary footage!

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Having lived in Phoenix in the late 50s, I learned what water is on the desert. Bet you're having fun.

Just the sound is awesome.

Great stuff man, I lived in southern Az for 30 years and seen a lot of this!

Good to see you in our great state after watching you TV and internet. Great videos.

Also I've enjoyed you tornado chasing this however hits home for me

I lived in Rimrock my whole life it’s seriously scary business! Take a shot every time he says flash flood coming 🤣

@ReedTimmerWx

Жыл бұрын

So funny

Impressive! We have the same phnomenon in our mountains in France.

One thing I always wondered, is why they don't capture a lot of this water. I've seen plenty of places where they have a wash like this, in an area where they could have a series of large depressions that would capture much of this flood water. Then the water can be allowed to soak into the ground, instead of just rushing away.

@Chiberia

6 ай бұрын

This water will eventually seep into the ground and into the water table where it is pumped up and reclaimed - not only is that much, much easier, it also cleans the water.

Amazing work Reed

That was interesting. Great job on the video. Sister lives in AZ and I've been there. This is why they say to stay out of the washes.

I lived in and around Mobile, AL since the mid 90s. As you know, its the rainiest city in the U.S., and we get flash flood warnings all the time. I have yet to see a flash flood as spectacular as this, even living on a peninsula between a river and the bay. With Hurricanes you get Alot more warning for storm surges, and we generally know the flood zones, so it hasn't been a big issue. The idea that something could flood like that video, Away from where it was actually raining would make me paranoid to cross any low lying areas or dry creek beds. Thank you for sharing this. I'll stick to our few Hurricanes (especially rare this year), beautiful summer afternoon thunderstorms, and armpit level humidity.

Awesome coverage. Thanks. Much.

Awesome video. Educational too. Thank you.

Thank you for this stay safe

Would love to see this video on some sort of website for prospective campers in this area. What an amazing instructive resource you have videoed.

That flood ended up drastically bigger than I thought it would be. These videos should be shown on all news stations to show how huge the flash floods can get. Thank you for sharing this. Glad you were safe.

Thanks for making people aware how fast, deep and scary these creek beds and floods can be! The amount of water is amazing! I will try to always stay out of drainage areas when camping!

This water ran all season after this too. Anyone passing by in winter 2023 would have thought it was a perennial waterway. I got some great Milky Way shots over the creek because of this!

SUPERIOR work, Dr. Timmer !!!!!!

I’d be so cool to go on a storm chase with you. Keep up the good work and stay safe! 🤘🏻

Wow, how did you catch this, I’m astonished! I have never in my life seen footage like this! How did you know this? You definitely have God on your side, no doubt whatsoever! It’s totally unbelievable footage. Thank you !

As you head south on I 17 you can watch these just North of Black Canyon City from above. So cool to see the floods as the progress along the West side of town

This just doesn’t happen in Arizona. I live on a bluff over Onion Creek in South Austin Texas. In the early morning of Oct 31, 2013, a set of training thunderstorms dumped up to 10 inches of rain over about two and a half hours in the Onion Creek watershed. It had rained the previous day so the ground was saturated. Because of this earlier rain, the creek near my home was running a little less than four feet at 2 AM. Flood stage is at 17 feet so it wasn’t full by any means. It reached the 17 foot flood stage at about 5AM…but this was mostly runoff from the local area. The water shed runoff hadn’t arrived yet. Then in the course of 90 minutes the depth went to almost 41 feet and was flowing over 135,000 cubic feet per second. This is almost as much as goes over Niagara Falls. These readings were actually at gauges further downstream after the creek spreads out some and has a wider valley. The two gauges closest to my house were washed away and the bridges they were attached to were heavily damaged. Four people were killed and hundreds of homes were destroyed. That all sounds pretty bad and it was described as a once in 500 year flood. Only issue was that a similar, although not quite so bad storm, happened on Halloween in 2015. Thankfully, the city was better prepared and no one was killed. Sadly, although the weather was the proximate cause, the underlying issue is rapid, unchecked development in the watershed. What used to be farms, ranches, and fields is now malls, parking lots, homes, and roads. Little of the water is slowed down enough to absorb into the ground and it all flows downhill quickly. So it behaves very much like the deserts of Arizona. What has the government done about it? Well, they certainly haven’t curtailed development! Can’t have that. Instead they have forced out those people who had for decades lived along the banks of the creek. It was cheaper to buy a couple thousand homes than fix the flow of the creek, or God forbid make the developers pay to detain their runoff. Oh well, the city must grow I guess.

What a cool video thank you for sharing stay safe.

Arizona native here if you’re in the area check out Skunk Creek or the Agua Fria river in Black Canyon City during one of there storms.

@ReedTimmerWx

Жыл бұрын

I may head back out tomorrow evening

@AZAce1064

Жыл бұрын

@@ReedTimmerWx It’s just after 12 noon right now, I don’t think Monsoon storms are going to happen this evening in the North Phoenix area. It doesn’t seem soupy enough today.

@justicekelly5487

Жыл бұрын

Have you seen the Verde river reach spring crest following heavy winter? Impressive I love AZ!