EVEN BIGGER Debris Flow Flash Flood in Flagstaff, Arizona Drone Footage

A monster, pitch-black debris flow makes its was through Flagstaff Arizona. This is a flash flood emergency, and another has been has been declared by the city. All of this from just over 2 inches of rain hitting the San Fransisco Peaks 'burn scar' area, see the result from both the ground and a drone.
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Reed moves for intercept
03:09 - Initial Flash Flood arrives
04:27 - Details on the debris flow
05:14 - Flood reaches Flagstaff.
06:15 - Drone survey of Flagstaff
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  • @mattdeets8394
    @mattdeets8394 Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are phenomenal with how you explain what is happening. I enjoy showing your videos to my Earth Science class where I teach.

  • @a.h.9438
    @a.h.9438 Жыл бұрын

    As a resident of Flag, I really appreciate this video. And I'm thoroughly impressed with all the footage you managed to get.

  • @ReedTimmerWx

    @ReedTimmerWx

    Жыл бұрын

    Well thank you but I am sorry for the mess your beautiful home town has been dealing with. Looks like the monsoon ramps up again this weekend

  • @garrettgibson9571
    @garrettgibson9571 Жыл бұрын

    These storms never usually pass over the peaks, these storms always develop over the peaks, get bigger, then dump. Happens every monsoon season here in flagstaff

  • @Opalvet
    @Opalvet Жыл бұрын

    I’m about 1.5 hours away from Flagstaff Az. Raining cats and dogs here!

  • @vernwallen4246

    @vernwallen4246

    Жыл бұрын

    🐕🐶🐈🐱😥

  • @paperandmedals8316

    @paperandmedals8316

    Жыл бұрын

    2hrs south. Thunderstorms just kicking off now.

  • @theartsyturtlecreativecteo3047

    @theartsyturtlecreativecteo3047

    Жыл бұрын

    Any floods?

  • @westcoastbred7745

    @westcoastbred7745

    Жыл бұрын

    No horses?

  • @steveeddy6876

    @steveeddy6876

    Жыл бұрын

    Be careful if you go outside you might step on a Poodle!!!!

  • @larrytaylor7753
    @larrytaylor7753 Жыл бұрын

    I live about 60 miles Southwest of Flagstaff. Thank you for pointing out the dangers of the flash floods. It only takes a few inches of water crossing the road to wash your car downstream.

  • @sahasdulmina4783

    @sahasdulmina4783

    Жыл бұрын

    Well Done Gods.🌷🌷🌷for brutal USA

  • @katden220
    @katden220 Жыл бұрын

    A young girl that attended the High School here in Cottonwood AZ died last year due to flash flooding. She didn’t think the water flow was strong and it didn’t look deep. What she couldn’t see is the road portion had washed away. She got caught and her car was submerged and she actually called 911 and her grandfather who was a fire captain. She waited for them but by the time they got there her car was under water and she was nowhere to be found, they said the wash ended up about 12 feet deep and even the emergency crew was having. Very tough times combing the wash. It was just a tragic sad event that the whole city was was just devastated. They naked a softball field after her at the high school. She was a softball player for the high school. My granddaughter was a friend of hers. The whole city was involved in someway trying to help find her. They did not find her body until a few days later about a mile or so down river. Her car was close to to where it went over once the water subsided. all it took was a split wrong decision. I preach to my granddaughter since she just got her license every time it rains. She laughs at me but I don’t care I won’t stop telling her.

  • @TheMicHogg

    @TheMicHogg

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah he didn't show any of the flooding on the East Side.. the flooding on the east side in the Sunnyside neighborhood is way worse than the rich neighborhoods off of Fort Valley. But nobody wants to talk about that.

  • @gbro8822
    @gbro8822 Жыл бұрын

    We are so lucky to have Reed share his knowledge with us. Thank you.

  • @gbro8822

    @gbro8822

    Жыл бұрын

    @Al Alberto You do think Reed is very knowledgeable about weather???? You need to watch just a few of his videos then you will seeeeeeee. Have a great day.

  • @lynnelovett8999
    @lynnelovett8999 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dr. Reed for the updates and keeping us informed. I pray that everyone will be safe.

  • @aalievenables5539

    @aalievenables5539

    Жыл бұрын

    You have people that keeps you're drains clear so water goes through quicker an gutters

  • @ImranKhan-mh1hf

    @ImranKhan-mh1hf

    Жыл бұрын

    Mk

  • @ImranKhan-mh1hf

    @ImranKhan-mh1hf

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @ImranKhan-mh1hf

    @ImranKhan-mh1hf

    Жыл бұрын

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    @ImranKhan-mh1hf

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @SovereignSlash
    @SovereignSlash Жыл бұрын

    Flagstaff resident here. We had two big fires this year and several in the years before. Thanks to that, whenever it rains the we get bad flooding. Locals know the roads to avoid when it rains to avoid the flooding but people who live to the North of town get hit bad. Last year the main road through town, route 66, was absolutely covered in deris from the fire. It was amazing and horrifying. I work at a hotel and I've had to help people relocate all summer thanks to fire and flooding.

  • @sheeesh7722

    @sheeesh7722

    9 ай бұрын

    hows the timberline area and doney park?

  • @prayonkreutz2398
    @prayonkreutz2398 Жыл бұрын

    I live in Montana. It's either Floods or Fires during our summers depending on the year. We had a Terrible Drought last Summer, A Flood would have been Bitter Sweet. This Year, we had the Yellowstone River & Rock Creek (Beartooth Mtn's) Have a Record Flood in June & just last week we had a Hella Down Pour with flash flooding. Our Reservoir was empty at the end of last summer & all winter. This summer, it's almost full again.

  • @ReedTimmerWx

    @ReedTimmerWx

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes catastrophic flooding out there this summer. Hopefully things are getting fixed around Yellowstone

  • @joeyderasp7723
    @joeyderasp7723 Жыл бұрын

    I live in BC Canada. Where fires are present always. The city of Merritt where I lived I fought hard for river dyking and to no avail. The town I grew up in was pushed out by fire then flashfloods in the night. I fought the city and forestry and sawmills for protection. My place was saved and everything around was demolished or gone. I lived closest to the river for 40 years I watched it always. Big mountain storms that no one sees . The water has to come down somewhere. Be safe always. Good footage . Good on you for informing

  • @tarnsand440
    @tarnsand440 Жыл бұрын

    Like the drone music 👍🎶

  • @terriarnold4364
    @terriarnold4364 Жыл бұрын

    Used to live in Flagstaff! Beautiful state and the 4 corners.🙏❤️

  • @annem7806
    @annem7806 Жыл бұрын

    Like that fresh haircut. Stick w/that stylist 👍

  • @lesliemergenthal75
    @lesliemergenthal75 Жыл бұрын

    good video. Those drones really can tell the story in videos, I liked the flood music too.

  • @rickwoods2352
    @rickwoods2352 Жыл бұрын

    Great work Sir thanks for all that you do!

  • @jeffreymahan4228
    @jeffreymahan4228 Жыл бұрын

    I live in Sedona, and after watching Reed chase all over the US, its kind of different seeing him in areas I know well. We have had some incredible monsoon storms this summer.

  • @iglesiaagapecalvarychapelr6982

    @iglesiaagapecalvarychapelr6982

    Жыл бұрын

    from Phx a decade ago so I feel ya Jeffrey. Seeing Reed in Az area was almost like having him over for lunch. lol

  • @lydiaclibon118
    @lydiaclibon118 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent Reed. Good to see you again. Remember storm chasing on OK. You're the best.

  • @eyestothesky6331
    @eyestothesky6331 Жыл бұрын

    I remember as a child taking a survival training class in school for desert survival and flash flooding during monsoon season. That was decades ago… wonder if teachers still teach it today.

  • @laurelcordell7287

    @laurelcordell7287

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember those Desert survival classes too. And no they don't teach them anymore!

  • @Mr.lamusa
    @Mr.lamusa Жыл бұрын

    I love your video. I cannot wait for your next video coming soon!

  • @sageand94
    @sageand94 Жыл бұрын

    I've never really seen flash flood footage before, despite being a weather enthusiast. This is crazy stuff and the way you present it is fantastic

  • @canyonroots
    @canyonroots Жыл бұрын

    Reed started driving out of Sedona. Fun to recognize. I looked into living in flag 20 yrs ago.chose to live in Oak Creek Canyon, wonderful wilderness.

  • @ReedTimmerWx

    @ReedTimmerWx

    Жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful place you live

  • @charliemcgrew4589

    @charliemcgrew4589

    Жыл бұрын

    Never found someone who does this around where I live. Northern AZ gets crazy flooding sometimes. Not like recent news but in comparison to its location and environment

  • @charliemcgrew4589

    @charliemcgrew4589

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm 2 hours away in Vernon, but similar altitude and climate and its WONDERFUL.

  • @motogem1408

    @motogem1408

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, I recognized Sedona immediately! Arizona is an amazing state. It has so many beautiful natural wonders!

  • @kittvulpin

    @kittvulpin

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the exact same thing! I immediately recognized 89A right at the beginning coming out of uptown Sedona. That drive is so beautiful, love visiting there to see the leaves change in the fall ❤️

  • @danmeek928
    @danmeek928 Жыл бұрын

    I used to live in Prescott valley and I always worried about the weather up there. I hope they figure it out. It's a good part of the country to live in

  • @b_uppy
    @b_uppy Жыл бұрын

    Mitigation needs to be in smaller increments and start in the foothills. This would help reduce wildfires, increase livestock and wildlife feed, reduce downstream flooding, recharge the aquifer/water table, save lives, be durable and practical without requiring huge infrastructure, ongoing maintenance, breakable parts, big $$$, etc. Gully repair is important too. It would help to divert storm water into bioswales to water orchards instead of directly into rivers. City streets could employ curb cuts, bioswales and trees to reduce the heat island effects, add to pavement life, make walking and biking more comfortable, add food resiliency by planting area-appropriate food trees, reduce residential and commercial watering costs, reduce storm drain mitigation needs, reduce downstream flooding. By reusing this rainwater for landscape maintenance it also reduces the strain on the electrical grid to because *water is heavy* and has to be pumped long distances. This also forgoes the need for expensive, harmful water-producing infrastructure like desalination plants. The other losses in these events is organic matter and carbon rich topsoil. They are important to regeneration in the burnout areas as well as supporting the watertable elsewhere. Brad Lancaster has done huge progress in Tucson at little cost and big rewards to the residents. Water isn't the enemy, bad planning is. We pay to pump out water and then pay to pump it back in. That is crazy. It would be better to do a paradigm shift in our thinking and think outside immediate 'solutions'...

  • @robertburkett5461

    @robertburkett5461

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely. Even pumping and de salinization can be done relatively economically with the right apparatus and the abundant sunshine. We can do it if egos, greed and politics don't get in the way.

  • @b_uppy

    @b_uppy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robertburkett5461 Pumping and desalination are expensive, period. If we can avoid having to move water, that is some savings. The thing is to use what you have better. Look up Brad Lancaster, Geoff Lawton and Andrew Millison on recharging aquifers, water tables, regreening, etc.

  • @helenwalker716

    @helenwalker716

    Жыл бұрын

    I am a Floridian and the main thing I noticed in Barstow was the total lack of drainage. It would rain 10 min and totally flood everything. I love the information in this comment. Just seems like common sense.

  • @b_uppy

    @b_uppy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@helenwalker716 Brad Lancaster and Geoff Lawton gives great advice on how to best set up rainwater harvesting earthworks so they work without dailing.

  • @Phoenix-bn5ec
    @Phoenix-bn5ec Жыл бұрын

    My little neck of Arizona hardly ever gets touched.. It'll rain for like 5 minutes... But the fact that FLagstaff knows how the flood water flows and will prepare for it ahead of time. Is amazing in itself...

  • @johnwozniak1218
    @johnwozniak1218 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! Thank you!

  • @jamesgray7845
    @jamesgray7845 Жыл бұрын

    This is my first year here , and the floods are crazy, especially around Doney Park

  • @angelinethompson7513
    @angelinethompson7513 Жыл бұрын

    Wow Nice river flow Yup, I agree It's the year of the WATER so awesome Thanks for sharing

  • @marthaanderson2346
    @marthaanderson2346 Жыл бұрын

    Thabks, Reed from Chickasaw Nation Oklahoma.😊🌵

  • @asherrogers2687
    @asherrogers2687 Жыл бұрын

    I'm from Page (Lake Powell) but now in Phoenix. My daughter got stuck in Flag night before last. She was stopped on 89 due to flooding. I almost didn't believe her since I knew it wasn't snowing. Thanks for the video. I now believe my kid. LOL

  • @Lucyblacklab
    @Lucyblacklab Жыл бұрын

    great video they did a great job diverting the water away from the buildings

  • @edgarparrish3457
    @edgarparrish3457 Жыл бұрын

    Good timing

  • @toocozycanti
    @toocozycanti Жыл бұрын

    Was just driving back from phoenix to Dallas and had some crazy lightning storms the whole way back. Most of it wasnt even raining was just insane lighting the whole way back

  • @woahtherr5371
    @woahtherr5371 Жыл бұрын

    Now this is a weatherman! Also it's amazing seeing how good someone can get at something if they have crazy passion for it and it shows here.

  • @jenniferbossert2088

    @jenniferbossert2088

    Жыл бұрын

    The weather is literally all Reed does day in and day out, it’s definitely his passion but I would say more his lifestyle. He is extremely educated in it. Back in 2020 here in TN we had a bad weather system popping up, Reed called the tornado outbreak literally 5 days before and he pinpointed certain areas in Middle TN. Good thing I had been a follower of his because I was aware and prepared to what was coming. On 3/3/2020 at 2:50am an EF3 came thru my town in Cookeville ,TN, destroyed hundreds of homes and 19 people were killed. 😪

  • @woahtherr5371

    @woahtherr5371

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jenniferbossert2088 wasn't that the one that went through Nashville? I remember one going through it around the time because I lived very near to Nashville then

  • @jenniferbossert2088

    @jenniferbossert2088

    Жыл бұрын

    @@woahtherr5371 Yes, it traveled for over 2 hours. Craziest storm!

  • @sahasdulmina4783

    @sahasdulmina4783

    Жыл бұрын

    Gods have treated well for brutal USA 👍🌷🤣

  • @tonytiangco
    @tonytiangco Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and informative 👍

  • @fortunaf3
    @fortunaf3 Жыл бұрын

    Its "weird" how s USA has a lot of flat land, so, obviusly there are mapped areas where flash floods can occur but here in Brazil most of the terrain, mainly the "flood-prone" ones are much narrower than there. So, when a flood happens, normally are much worse and we have a lot of people living in so called "slope" terrains. If you are curious about these you cam search about the city of Petropolis and its floods. The story is really sad, but its easier to understand how things are here... in a heavy rainny country

  • @fortunaf3

    @fortunaf3

    Жыл бұрын

    Just to let u know, i did some little reserach rn and in Petropolis it rainned 24 CENTIMETERS in a matters of 2 to 3 hours... this is insanelly absurd and i think u more than ever know this

  • @fortunaf3

    @fortunaf3

    Жыл бұрын

    600 mm in 24hrs also...

  • @sahasdulmina4783

    @sahasdulmina4783

    Жыл бұрын

    Gods have treated well for brutal USA 👍🌷🤣

  • @itzkallen9674
    @itzkallen9674 Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to my beautiful mountain town, crazy too see a big KZreadr in my home town.

  • @BlueMax333
    @BlueMax333 Жыл бұрын

    expert coverage, Thanks

  • @dp2995
    @dp2995 Жыл бұрын

    alternate title: Up Shultz creek without a paddle?

  • @ryukiravenwing8530
    @ryukiravenwing8530 Жыл бұрын

    I live on the north end of flagstaff and that flooded road is the only way home for those of us on that end. We has 3 days of floods that week and that road was closed for a few hours each day.

  • @markpatterson2507
    @markpatterson2507 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting close look at this sad situation.

  • @Derrick4Davidson
    @Derrick4Davidson Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @lilyj8420
    @lilyj8420 Жыл бұрын

    Nice haircut, Reed!! ❤

  • @josephtany9515
    @josephtany9515 Жыл бұрын

    Lived and loved Flagstaff

  • @stevewest6133
    @stevewest6133 Жыл бұрын

    It seems like during times when the larger West is stuck in a mega drought, the Southwestern Monsoon trends stronger. These last two years immediately come to mind, both events were exceptional. Again back in 2014-2015, both events were even more extreme. Is there any hard data on this correlation? Or it as simple as- La Nina causes them both?

  • @ReedTimmerWx

    @ReedTimmerWx

    Жыл бұрын

    The extreme heat that precedes monsoon season can make it stronger. Stronger 4 corners high and more southerly flow off the eastern tropical pacific. I suspect the luke warm water there is playing a role also in tandem with the string high near four corners deon the extreme heat that preceded it. Typically, El Niño years result in the bigger monsoon seasons according to David Rankin

  • @bukboefidun9096

    @bukboefidun9096

    Жыл бұрын

    I lived out there 82-97, and the heavy rain/snow winters of 82-84 were followed by very wet springs and summers from Utah to Colorado and Idaho to Wyoming... and New Mexico was very rainy most of the 80s in the summer.

  • @WeRHisPoem

    @WeRHisPoem

    Жыл бұрын

    Watch THE TWO PREACHERS. THEY HAVE CHARTS THAT SHOW DATA FROM 1950 ON, ALL KINDS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT EVERYONE HAS CAMERA PHONES NOW! THE WHOLE WORLD IS GETTING HAMMERED! REALLY BAD. AND I ALSO SAW A VIDEO WHICH EXPLAINED THAT HUMAN ACTIVITY IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM-- ONLY CREATING A TINY FRACTION OF CO2. IT'S THE OCEAN AND VOLCANOES.... AND IF EVERYONE GETS ELECTRIC CARS, OUR ELECTRIC GRID COULDN'T SUPPORT 4 MILLION EVS, LET ALONE EVERYONE DRIVING ONE!!!! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!

  • @BeamMonsterZeus

    @BeamMonsterZeus

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not nearly as simple as people want it to be.

  • @sinonreaper6793

    @sinonreaper6793

    Жыл бұрын

    Go look at cosnino road after the next flood, that’s even crazier

  • @johnnyjohns3863
    @johnnyjohns3863 Жыл бұрын

    Damn! I was just there Thursday on my was to Las Angeles and stopped there again on Sunday when we were coming home. OKC to LA was brutal. We drove thru several storms in Arizona New Mexico and part's of California

  • @kizzylloyd152
    @kizzylloyd152 Жыл бұрын

    i have just found your channel thank you for being real talking about it and thank you for risking situations very knowledgeable and so interesting these videos are fantastic .. subbed :)

  • @ReedTimmerWx

    @ReedTimmerWx

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Kizzy

  • @rollnryan27

    @rollnryan27

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ReedTimmerWx there was exactly ZERO debris in that flow !!! but Thanks for trying to sensationalize the footage you captured ❤️. if you were there for the previous storm (whenever it was, you can still see the "wet" high water marks on the bank) you would have been able to document the ACTUAL debris flow. MAN the internet is awesome for fooling the Suckers 💯 also, you should spell check the info in the boxes or at least read what you have in them before you upload

  • @eaglehorse1202
    @eaglehorse1202 Жыл бұрын

    Powerful & dangerous, s0 Dope!. I c u Reed wit the TrapBeatz!. 🎶 🥁

  • @Mr.Thermistor7228
    @Mr.Thermistor7228 Жыл бұрын

    yesssssssss keep the trap beats coming man!!!!

  • @kimcwhite6509
    @kimcwhite6509 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for showing this! Wow! Great educational video for living in the valleys of Arizona. I lived in Northern California where we had a dip down creek crossing. I used the same rule of time after a heavy rainfall as to whether I would go all the way down that road or use another, longer route. Unfortunately we haven't had any big rains in two years☹️

  • @LisaFaiss

    @LisaFaiss

    Жыл бұрын

    This isn’t valley. This is in the mountains and San Francisco peaks is highest point in AZ, 12k+

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LisaFaiss But Fort Valley Rd. is still in the Flag area, so it really impacts the car travel and lives of those in that area, at 7,000Ft. elevation.

  • @luannswanson3699
    @luannswanson3699 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @WesleyAPEX
    @WesleyAPEX Жыл бұрын

    So they can get 2” of rain in the Arizona desert but we’ve had zero rain in Dallas in 70 straight days…

  • @soulshine8531
    @soulshine8531 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Reed!

  • @NAKASRODRIGUEZ
    @NAKASRODRIGUEZ Жыл бұрын

    Any rain 🌧 is welcome regardless flash floods issues, people from Texas will be happy to see it happen in their state even north Mexico they are having issues with with water. Having rain is a bless.

  • @goldarizona73
    @goldarizona73 Жыл бұрын

    Yes debre flows can be big especially when we have not had alot of rain for a few years ,quite normal

  • @LisaFaiss
    @LisaFaiss Жыл бұрын

    Really appreciate the educational pop up boxes. I do wonder if there is a way to capture more of this water in containment basins and use injection wells to replenish aquifers or ground table around city wells. I would think Flagstaff gets there water from wells given there are no lakes or perennial rivers in the area.

  • @marjoriecoulsoncoulson2582

    @marjoriecoulsoncoulson2582

    Жыл бұрын

    Great idea. Since they are low & getting lower. Somehow capture the water & put in the low 🌊 rivers dams & lakes.

  • @robnamowicz8073

    @robnamowicz8073

    Жыл бұрын

    @@marjoriecoulsoncoulson2582 Getting permits to build anything like that would take years and millions of dollars in engineering studies.

  • @LisaFaiss

    @LisaFaiss

    Жыл бұрын

    I did do some additional research and found Flagstaff gets much of their water from Lake Mary…I’d forgotten about that lake. But it no longer supplies enough water and they’ve dug wells.

  • @LisaFaiss

    @LisaFaiss

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robnamowicz8073 AZ is one of the best states in water management because they have to be. There last in line for Colorado River water, so Phoenix invested in injection wells to pump CAP water into their aquifers used for drinking water. It costs millions of dollars to drill wells as well and some have been drying up in the outskirts of the metro area. Another thing Tempe did was construct a low cost dam system using air baffles to capture the Salt River runoff. It’s a fairly large lake and they used that system for over ten years till they could afford to pay for a permanent dam. These structures are also worth it because allowing that water to flow in contained have wiped out the historic bridges into the Main Street of Tempe near Arizona State University. Flagstaff is getting floods that are wiping out neighborhoods and restricting traffic to the Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon Dam. They’re probably going to be spending hundreds of millions on diversion channels to contain flooding anyway. They cannot afford to lose tourism in that area. Stanford is doing research on the injection wells and indicated that it’s energy intensive, but there is potential for wind and solar.

  • @robnamowicz8073

    @robnamowicz8073

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LisaFaiss Thank you so much! That these projects succeed is important to the people of AZ. Water is playing catchup in the west. Here in the Michigan too many people take water for granted. It is the source of good life, and should be treated with reverence. Your detailed message is most appreciated. Thanks again and good luck.

  • @mikeashcraft4354
    @mikeashcraft4354 Жыл бұрын

    Been thru two major Aug monsoon floods in Glendale. First one in '64

  • @RIXRADvidz
    @RIXRADvidz Жыл бұрын

    Growing up in Albuquerque we would get these 'gully washers' all the time, the big storms would billow up and dump on the Sandias east of town and the floods would make it all the way down to our neighborhoods on it's way to the Rio Grande. later the city invested in HUGE water diversion systems, giant concrete stream beds to the river

  • @ReedTimmerWx

    @ReedTimmerWx

    Жыл бұрын

    Sandia peak is a fantastic hike. I saw a black-tailed rattlesnake last time I was there

  • @cleo6205
    @cleo6205 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent

  • @Mars-ev7qg
    @Mars-ev7qg Жыл бұрын

    It seems to me that the state of Arizona should build huge underground catchment basins to prevent these floods and store water for drought years. In India people built enormous basins called step wells to capture water from the monsoon and save it for the dry season. With modern technology it should be possible to do this on a massive scale. It would also be possible to use such basins as an energy storage solution by using extra power from Arizona's abundant solar power potential to pump stored water up to higher basins during the day and send it through hydroelectric generators at night. Having the system underground will prevent evaporation and reduce contamination considerably. All this technology exists its just a matter of getting serious about building it.

  • @carolinelawson9981
    @carolinelawson9981 Жыл бұрын

    There's been really bad flooding here in Northern New Mexico too, ash and debris from the Hermit's Peak fire.

  • @BJETNT
    @BJETNT Жыл бұрын

    We have had flash floods in north Idaho! Not a place I expected to see such things. I was going about 100 in my car and come over a hill and hydroplaned 40 feet or so over a flooded road! I wish I could say I had the skill to survive but I am sure it was blind luck and speeding saved me! If I was not going so fast I wouldn't have made it all the way across! I was In an 89 Supercharged Dodge Daytona and would have just floated away and no telling if I would have even survived.

  • @iglesiaagapecalvarychapelr6982
    @iglesiaagapecalvarychapelr6982 Жыл бұрын

    Just saw the "dont try it"... too late. years ago in Chuyudo Sonora Mexico Sonoran desert, a flood caused a river to overrun the only road out and in my Toyota Camry I slammed through it.. was about 2 feet deep and about 9 feet wide but my momentum carried me to solid ground before I started moving sideways and cleared it like a pro. lol... I loved it, my wife freaked out.

  • @msbgone
    @msbgone Жыл бұрын

    Great Vid, great shots, and I like to hear what you are saying and pointing to, would suggest you get a microphone so you can talk when not looking at the camera so we can hear what you are saying.

  • @Porsche944
    @Porsche944 Жыл бұрын

    Watching reruns of Stormchasers brought me here lol... I grew up in Phoenix AZ and I remember this time of year when the Monsoon Season would arrive. During the day it would be very hot, and thunderstorm clouds 360 degrees surrounding the Metro area. At dusk into the night those Storms would put a pounding like no other. The Lightning is very intense and thunder is very loud. The next Day it would be a repeat and so on.. I will always remember the smell of hot Asphalt steaming from the rain. I moved to Idaho in 1990. Those were my memories.

  • @Jagg61
    @Jagg61 Жыл бұрын

    Last year the 3 floods in July and August. We had 12ft of water running 50 mph. We are 50 miles south of flag. The second round we got so much ash from the museum fire. It suffocated all the carp in the verde river.

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    Жыл бұрын

    I was concerned about the affect it would have on the wild horses further down, that drink that water, that eat from the Verde River. That's terrible!

  • @Jagg61

    @Jagg61

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cacatr4495 it was nasty. From just the ash and silt it killed a lot of the carp in the river. I didn't find out till later. That ecoli was present. From the different ranches having huge piles of cow and horse manure close to the bank. So all of it washed down stream.

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Jagg61 Terrible! Talk about bad judgement! Why on Earth would any one place piles of manure so close there?! Seriously *dumb! Carp are bottom-feeders, which means they clean the waters just as shrimp and "shell-fish" cleans seawater of pollutants, heavy metals and toxins. With them gone, now there are no "cleaners." That is *not good! I wonder how the horses are. SMH.

  • @Jagg61

    @Jagg61

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cacatr4495 I learned the piles of manure were placed there intentionally on the tribal lands. So it would dispose itself. I do not know about the non tribe ranches. Some of the carp have made a comeback. I had to throw at least 50 back into the water from the edge of the banks that were suffocated from the ash. Just from our 1100ft of bank. I have not heard anything negative on the wild horses.

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Jagg61 Asking sincerely, why would you throw the dead carp back into the river, which would pollute the river the more? Did I misunderstand? Do they not know that doing that can kill life in a river? I would think they would know that. Have they done that before? I haven't heard of them doing that until now. That is so irresponsible, disrespectful to Life. It sounds malacious, frankly, part of the destructive agenda that's afoot in the world. SMH. I'm thankful the carp are making a comeback; they are very important, not for eating, but for cleansing.

  • @louannhuber2651
    @louannhuber2651 Жыл бұрын

    I was on a road trip vacation through Flagstaff and Sedona just one day before the rains hit. Strange.

  • @MareShoop

    @MareShoop

    Жыл бұрын

    Strange or just normal weather

  • @caseyp3447
    @caseyp3447 Жыл бұрын

    This isn't even the worst flooding I've seen in flag. I live about 70 miles east of flag and over my 15 years of living here the flooding and fires in flagstaff were way worse in the past. The flooding happening now is actually a good thing. It brings water to the plain environments east and south of flagstaff. It also brings in better soil for our crops and cattle. Yeah the flooding sucks for those that live there but this flood is nothing compared to a few years back when we had people boating around town for days in flag.

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    Жыл бұрын

    That sounds so strange > "people boating around town for days in flag." I attended NAU for a couple of years and lived and worked both on campus and off, I was there during a summer, witnessed a normal 1980 monsoon, beautiful! Nothing like the fire damage of recent years. I can't imagine people boating around Flag!

  • @caseyp3447

    @caseyp3447

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cacatr4495 look up flagstaff man I think it was a canoe or something down milton road . it should pull up a few news articles about it.

  • @lesshrubb203
    @lesshrubb203 Жыл бұрын

    I'm convinced, Reed, your video's have saved many American lives. From England, God bless you man. Over here, in the UK, Flood damage is standard cover under Household Insurance policies, luckily...

  • @RIXRADvidz
    @RIXRADvidz Жыл бұрын

    Nice Work. Plan Ahead : find out if you live in a 'flood plain' if you do, move to a place that is up out of he flood plain, two zones minimum.

  • @Olafaloofian
    @Olafaloofian Жыл бұрын

    We just moved to Flag last December - and I've never seen so many consecutive days of rain in a row, in my whole life! Who would have thought that for Arizona?

  • @jro341

    @jro341

    Жыл бұрын

    I just moved here from Michigan and it rains there like this. But crazy water flow here northwest of ash fork.

  • @MareShoop

    @MareShoop

    Жыл бұрын

    Arizona isn’t the Sahara

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    Жыл бұрын

    Historically, the monsoon meant daily rain from early afternoon to early/mid-evening, rain for many hours, every single day for 7 weeks. That was the way it was. If you're interested, I have compiled playlists here on YT of Arizona and her monsoon. Arizona native here, having witnessed 6 decades of monsoon, all around the state.

  • @jro341

    @jro341

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cacatr4495 thanks.

  • @FalloFSilenceOfficial
    @FalloFSilenceOfficial Жыл бұрын

    The backing track is awesome! Who is the artist that created the music?

  • @thavryho63
    @thavryho63 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your take time in the world know about natural disasters. I'm sorry

  • @bettywhite6672
    @bettywhite6672 Жыл бұрын

    Love the sweat band in preparation of the run 😂

  • @AstoriaHeard
    @AstoriaHeard Жыл бұрын

    I would absolutely LOVE to hear your story Reed; I’m curious about how and when you originally became fascinated by the weather? You’ve helped and educated (and entertained!) so many of us with your passion, and I know I’m not alone in feeling grateful to you! 🥰

  • @tomaterjuice5095

    @tomaterjuice5095

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking this too, I've been watching him for years and now wonder what started his fascination

  • @CS-uc2oh

    @CS-uc2oh

    Жыл бұрын

    Get off this man's dick. There's nothing special about him.

  • @sahasdulmina4783

    @sahasdulmina4783

    Жыл бұрын

    Gods have treated well for brutal USA 👍🌷🤣

  • @kathryncasey4114
    @kathryncasey4114 Жыл бұрын

    This video is excellent! There isn't anything in the video that is new to me... except for the great example you set for folks making videos. Thank You so very much.

  • @marcosramos4596
    @marcosramos4596 Жыл бұрын

    Cool video, would be cool to go work for Search and Rescue out there!

  • @deadstar80
    @deadstar80 Жыл бұрын

    This is so crazy. Very informative! I hate that this is happening to these folks. I'm in GA, and we had really bad flooding in 1991, but no where near this dangerous. And thank u for the warnings of "Do not attempt". I really hope u didn't have to put that up bc of someone being stupid. 🐾

  • @terriecooperman7232

    @terriecooperman7232

    Жыл бұрын

    It's from the fire scars from big fires last year all caused by humans. Plus we have natural washes that have been dry for a decade. Now it's like our fought is over

  • @babybirdhome

    @babybirdhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Arizona has so many flash flood rescues that the state passed what is literally called the “stupid driver law” - it makes anyone who gets stuck while trying to traverse a flooded roadway 100% financially liable for the full emergency response to rescue them. People really are that stupid about flooding, unfortunately. And it’s because of things like what Dr. Timmer is covering in this video where the dangers of flash floods don’t stop just because the rain ended, or there was no rain in an area. Flash flooding is a way of life here in Arizona due to our geography and climate, but we also have massive amounts of out-of-state visitors and part year residents who come from areas where what’s common sense around here isn’t common sense to them. It makes for quite an emergency management nightmare scenario.

  • @oldtimefarmboy617

    @oldtimefarmboy617

    Жыл бұрын

    There are always people being stupid. there are always pictures of people whose cars have flooded out because they drove into water too deep for their vehicle.

  • @sahasdulmina4783

    @sahasdulmina4783

    Жыл бұрын

    Gods have treated well for brutal USA 👍🌷🤣

  • @akirk1573
    @akirk1573 Жыл бұрын

    start at 2:55 and roll to 4:10. Wow. We get some wicked flash floods on the lee-ward side of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, especially in the foothills from 8000' altitude to 5000' . 2 feet of water sometimes. But it's all in good fun !

  • @akirk1573

    @akirk1573

    Жыл бұрын

    not for beavers and beetles and humans and such, but for the most part . . .

  • @triciac1019
    @triciac1019 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, that was amazing to see this in the process of turning into a river. Thank you for your explanations also! I hope they can get the water into the low lakes, if they are close enough.

  • @gg-wk2ww
    @gg-wk2ww Жыл бұрын

    City county planning is needed here to redirect water flows into purposeful water usage. Capture, recharge reuse.

  • @oldtimefarmboy617

    @oldtimefarmboy617

    Жыл бұрын

    They are at 6,910 feet in elevation and on the downward slope of the mountains with an average rainfall of 10-20 inches. Where among the dozens of creeks coming off the mountains would you suggest they build a reservoir to capture, recharge, and reuse all of their abundance of water?

  • @benschmidt8168
    @benschmidt8168 Жыл бұрын

    absolutely KILLING IT with the new editing and the haircut. Never stop chasing!

  • @ReedTimmerWx

    @ReedTimmerWx

    Жыл бұрын

    The production is all Brian O’toole

  • @dianagary1304
    @dianagary1304 Жыл бұрын

    Aww thought and prayers

  • @dynasty1hertha79
    @dynasty1hertha79 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Reed, be careful! !

  • @brooklynnchick
    @brooklynnchick Жыл бұрын

    I am curious, can native species be considered for flood mitigation or does the dry climate prevent that by selecting for species with taproot structure instead of widening root balls?

  • @jitterspec
    @jitterspec Жыл бұрын

    Very well produced video. Dramatic and educational. Nice work!

  • @nicholasstokes8330
    @nicholasstokes8330 Жыл бұрын

    To see a scientist so submerged in his subject is truly impressive.

  • @nicholasstokes8330

    @nicholasstokes8330

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi, indeed a more appropriate word to use. I was using 'submerged' to fit the scene Reed was desribing., 'immersed' would still have had the same effect. Have a good day.

  • @ladislaoortiz8420
    @ladislaoortiz8420 Жыл бұрын

    I like how nature reminds us you built your towns on my riverbed..Why do think it was so flat..

  • @darlenericotta7550
    @darlenericotta7550 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, so fast and dangerous.

  • @christiebetts4970
    @christiebetts4970 Жыл бұрын

    Wow!

  • @lewisbale1
    @lewisbale1 Жыл бұрын

    Storming here in Tucson too

  • @isabeld.9926

    @isabeld.9926

    Жыл бұрын

    We live outside of Tucson, nothing yet. Just a drizzle.

  • @WesleyAPEX
    @WesleyAPEX Жыл бұрын

    Does that runoff go into lake Mead?

  • @myobmyob2215
    @myobmyob2215 Жыл бұрын

    These short explanations with actual footage is super helpful, weather too unpredictable to guess if it's safe or not anywhere

  • @georgevue8175
    @georgevue8175 Жыл бұрын

    Great to see the drought stricken southwest getting some much needed rain. Sorry to all whose homes were flooded.

  • @jadenmiller3553
    @jadenmiller3553 Жыл бұрын

    Reed can you turn the music down a bit it’s hard to hear you

  • @thesilentone4024
    @thesilentone4024 Жыл бұрын

    Use thirsty cement to reduce flooding and increase groundwater levels.

  • @gailhasler8435
    @gailhasler8435 Жыл бұрын

    Potential homebuyers should consider all previous catastrophic events and ALWAYS check your elevation. Fires create future conditions for catastrophic mudslides and the potential for faster moving, more dangerous flash flooding. This video is EXCELLENT 👍

  • @mzlleathers7249
    @mzlleathers7249 Жыл бұрын

    That poor town & those people 🥺 The citt need to take the road out of the creek path & put a bridge there 😣

  • @samantharobertson7550
    @samantharobertson7550 Жыл бұрын

    I love the information text boxes. Hope you keep them!

  • @aaronbrooks7132
    @aaronbrooks7132 Жыл бұрын

    Send any rain you don't need to California we could sure use it.