My family and I were part of the 100+ stuck at the caverns during this. Very grateful the rangers kept us safe. Great video to show us what was happening as it happened.

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

How was it up top? I was a mile away from the top when this chased me 6 miles down.

@christophergardner872

Жыл бұрын

@@ShawnSabot we didn’t have any issues up there. The visitor center ran out of meals, so I didn’t get to eat, but honestly they did the best they could with what they had. Coming down we crossed through 2 areas of heavy mud and 3 areas of standstill water that was about a foot or so deep. But again the rangers were great at keeping us safe and not letting us go before they were sure we could get down

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you sharing your story. I can only imagine what the nighttime trip down was like after having the flood chase me for 6 miles down.

@Lyftflexslave

Жыл бұрын

Prayers to the life's lost 🙏

@barbaraburch5751

Жыл бұрын

What state was this in I've never heard of that National Park

To think, you’re not even a storm chasers! You captured the feeling of impending doom as video taping the rapid stream of water, mud and muck become a river, then approach you in your vehicle just ahead of it! You made my heart race at times! Nice of you to share your incredible footage, but please be safe!

@rynnykitty6945

Жыл бұрын

I sure didn't think him professional when his phone is in his lap!!!

@carolmackowiak752

Ай бұрын

@@rynnykitty6945 🙄good grief!😳

@The_Vaporizer

Ай бұрын

Everyone's a storm chaser 🤷

@SUPREME-EARTH-MOMENTS

17 күн бұрын

What was going through your mind as you watched the water, mud, and muck approach your vehicle?

We were there, two of the folks stuck at the top! They evacuated us right from the cave and we got a few minutes out of the park before turning a corner and seeing a massively flooded road down below and a bunch of people doing K turns. Back to the top, watched the bats from the parking lot, and around midnight we caravan'd out. Crazy stuff! Amazing footage here, glad you made it out safe!

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story, and I'm glad yall are safe.

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story, and I'm glad yall are safe.

@dusty2774

Жыл бұрын

Glad you, Fresto, made it out okay!!!!

People who are not from the Southwest or the western half of Texas and visiting these places like Carlsbad Caverns or any desert monuments, please be aware that rainfall there is not like what you're used to back home. They don't have soft clay or loam which gets slowly waterlogged until it can't hold anymore and *then* flooding begins. We have caliche and rock, so the water doesn't penetrate much, it just flows down to the lowest points and then filters down into aquifers. And we get a LOT of rain at once, like an entire year in Seattle in the space of an hour, which is why flash floods are so dangerous, especially in canyon country where the pressure is concentrated by the restricted space. Believe those flood markers you see by low water crossings. You might think it won't ever rain again sometimes, and then those markers will be completely submerged in minutes. And don't ever camp in a ravine or riverbed. Those boulders were not dropped off there by Manny's Landscaping Service.

@edmartin875

Жыл бұрын

The southwest gets rain/floods like that every year in late summer and early fall. I was born and raised about a hundred miles from there and we used to say (in the 50's and 60's anyway) that we got 90% of our yearly rainfall during that rainy season.

@fresto2208

Жыл бұрын

Manny's Landscaping service hahahaha

@S.E.C-R

Жыл бұрын

I live near Portland and know exactly how much rain we get here in a year. That much rain falling in just one hour is mind blowing!

@drekafine8831

Жыл бұрын

😲A YEAR'S worth of "SEATTLE" rain in an hour???!!!! Whoaaaa, that's too much for me. I'd be petrified to live out there. Imagine just VISITING & then outta nowhere, BAM.......you're stuck in a flash flood. I'd probably have a heart attack & die just from THINKING about dying from a flood 😩🤦🏽‍♀️

@outbackwack368

Жыл бұрын

@@S.E.C-R We don't get 50" in an hour like Texas Ed said... more like 3", but as indicated it all just runs off into washes until it breaches

I'm no stranger to flash floods, up here in northern NM, but this footage you captured, I've never seen anything like it - bravo and bravé, lol. Truly fantastic being able to follow the lead of it, and thru such a beautiful canyon. Watched it twice at once, just mesmerized by the power. Thanks for filming this, wow.

@texasred2702

Жыл бұрын

I've been in that very spot and drove over dry pavement at noon and it was underwater an hour later.

@1young-geezer

Жыл бұрын

@@texasred2702 What was remarkable to me was that he filmed the leading flood wall all the way down, and we got a chance as well to see the flood coming at us during his frequent stops, and then we skittered away to safely watch its continuation allllll the way down to the hiway bridge, and then some. Whew! As I say, up here in northern NM we are no strangers to flash floods keeping us at bay, not being able to cross and just having to watch it run it's course across our path for a couple hours sometimes. But never have I imagined somehow watching the progress like this.

@wendebennette7081

Жыл бұрын

Same

@peterwulff469

21 күн бұрын

- with all the global warming this particular flashflood is nothing compared to what's coming in a few years! We urgently need to reduce our carbon emissions, now!

@SUPREME-EARTH-MOMENTS

17 күн бұрын

Can you describe the emotions you felt watching the footage after capturing it?

The wash area you were at at the end was definitely designed exactly for this sort of thing and it did it’s job perfectly. I’m glad you were able to capture this and also that you were safe and smart through all of it. This was incredible footage, thank you for capturing it for those of us that would never see something like this. The amount of water was jaw dropping!

@Chrislimey38

Жыл бұрын

Amen! It was very exciting! and nail biting .

@california3186

Жыл бұрын

It was amazing!!

Glad you are safe! That was a monster of a flow, and thank you for recording as much as you did!

It's amazing how fast this water is flowing without any inkling of slowing or stopping. Nature is a beautiful yet scary phenomenon.

I have never seen a flash flood like that! WOW! Amazing footage Shawn! I was scared just watching this unfold.

This was almost like a nightmare where some kind of blob is chasing you and trying to gobble you and your car up! This was incredible and once in a lifetime footage! You should get a YouTo0b award of some kind!!

@zone47

Жыл бұрын

@Sarah Nguyen ?

@54MissB

Жыл бұрын

Should've sent it to weather TV, they could share to alert public. You're hoarding it!

Good lord, I was hollering at the video, Go, Go, Go! I know you made it out safe, thank God, but what a nail biter. Glad you're ok. Amazing footage.

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

I watched it 5 times that night after living it. Definitely way worse in person than the video shows, but still gripping

If you’re in the desert downhill from where the rain falls, stay on high ground! I’ve had to scramble up the sides of a wash, thank heavens the floods are loud like a hissing freight train! Great job taking advantage of your situation & sharing the experience!

Dude, That was so cool that you filmed that flood. I was just there in May with my 3 kids. This was awesome to see your video after we were just there. Very cool. Thanks.

This is awesome, dude. I did a lot of backpacking in Carlsbad Caverns NP and never saw it flash flood like that. Thanks for the upload.

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

Helps spread awareness to how fast things can change.

I live in Carlsbad the park service should have known in advance that the canyon was going to flood. It was clear on the weather channel we where going to get alot of rain. No stranger to these floods. You’re a brave soul for staying in that canyon once it started to flood. 10 minutes is all it takes imagine what it looks like when we get rain for a day or 2

I've watched a lot of flash floods on KZread and I gotta say dude you got a gold mine of a video here. Glad you remained safe throughout.

Glad you stayed safe. This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Great video! Again, so glad you stayed safe & got this filmed. Awesome!

The amount of water and volume filling completely dried areas is amazing. Thanks for showing this, I'd never imagine it getting so forceful in such a short time. Glad you stayed ahead of it.

Amazing flash flood footage, great job! Oh yeah, you can hear a flash flood before you see it. You witnessed---and recorded---a marvelous example of life in New Mexico. A storm cell parks itself up-canyon and drops it's moisture. You're watching the after-effects!

@susanaobeid6770

Жыл бұрын

Wow that's a great job from the camera man, Respect to him. Greetings from Miami where are you from

@Swimfinz

Жыл бұрын

@@susanaobeid6770 I've lived in New Mexico since 1978. I've been to Carlsbad Caverns about 6 times. Gorgeous Nat'l Park.

@susanaobeid6770

Жыл бұрын

@@Swimfinz wow nice place how is Mexico I have heard alot about mexico, how is it tell me more about it

@Swimfinz

Жыл бұрын

@@susanaobeid6770 lo lol lol l... Get out a map, I'm in New Mexico. Santa Fe very nice. What is work do you do? Old Mexico is great as well. You just need to pick your spots

@susanaobeid6770

Жыл бұрын

@@Swimfinz tell me more about the new mexico. Are you on hangout so you can tell me more about new mexico there.

I've watched many videos, but yours is by far the scariest. The footage you have of the huge wall of water coming straight at you is unlike anything I've ever seen. Unreal.

Totally incredible video. What you have is rare and amazing! Right place at right time!

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

Such is my life. Never a dull moment

@kookietherapy9398

Жыл бұрын

@@ShawnSabot You have the most beautiful green eyes. (Complement)

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

@@kookietherapy9398 Thank you! They're actually Hazel and change from brown to green.

Having lived in that area for decades (ten years in Carlsbad and eleven years just at the base of the caverns in White's City) I can honestly say that what you're seeing is normal. Stick around and you'll truly experience a "flood". That's child's play in comparison to what I've seen there.

@suehowie152

Жыл бұрын

Would I be safe in assuming that was a dry river bed?

@joeperkins4309

Жыл бұрын

@@suehowie152 there are hundreds of such canyons in the area. Hundreds or even thousands of years ago it may have been a flowing river, but yes, I'd say it's a safe assumption. It's definitely been carved out from thousands of years of deterioration.

@edmartin875

Жыл бұрын

@@suehowie152 Yes. In a very high percentage of the year that riverbed is bone dry.

@joeperkins4309

Жыл бұрын

@@edmartin875 as you and I know, it may be bone dry several years in a row, but when it rains like a cow pi$$ing on a flat rock... Any relation to Jeff?

I was born and raised in Phx. I have seen some flash floods many times. That has to be the largest and fastest moving flash flood I have seen in 58 years. Wow!!! Great footage..

This is the most incredible piece of footage. If you have ever wanted to see what really happens with a flash flood- here it is. I hope some news stations paid thusguy for some of this footage.

I was camping there first week of May this year on my bike. Spent four days in a tent. This gives me a whole new perspective. Excellent footage my man you have some nerves of steel.

Thank you for the video, when I was a kid in northern NM flash floods were a family outing,.. to see running water in a normally dry wash.

6:00 is exactly how people die. They see what looks like a small stream crossing the road, and assume they can just drive right through it. However, a car can float in just a few inches of water, and gets swept to the side. If the car tips or rolls or gets stuck in a low area, it fills with water very fast. Some people not from the area just assume that they would have built a bridge if it was a big deal, and drive right in without realizing how deep it is. If you are in a canyon formed over time by flowing and eroding the ground, pay attention, lol.

Amazing footage!! You were right in front of the action. Thankfully you are safe. I hope the people stuck on top can get rescued.

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

People were evacuated around midnight that night.

@oeff7744

Жыл бұрын

Rainstorm in the desert is no joke!

@irenedavo3768

Жыл бұрын

41 K views

@jackfabulous758

Жыл бұрын

Yeah dude I totally agree, great footage brother 💯

Yep, you the only one that got the video-good job. I was monitoring these storms on weather radar as it happened. Caverns took direct hit. If these storms hit 5-miles further NW, this would have been Carlsbad itself--Which happened last summer. Mike-Carlsbad, NM.

I lived in NM for 5 yrs. This is crazy, Carlsbad only gets about 13 inches of rain a year. Where I lived in Alamogordo, we were lucky to get 6 inches a year. What an amazing video.

I know this road well, we live about 85-90 mi from the Caverns & have been there many times. So glad you weren't washed over the side of that road. Ravines through there are VERY deep & dangerous!

I was raised around flash flood country. This is just the norm. Nothing to panic about. Water has alway run down hill.

Me being a native New Mexican. I will give you some advice. It's the the dry desert UNTIL, it rains. And when it does, it pours! Always pay attention to weather reports and watch the sky and head to higher ground

@susanaobeid6770

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Miami, hope you're good and the weather condition over there is good. Please I want to know where all this happened

Monsoon season in the Southwest is no joke. Lived in Albuquerque, NM for 4 years. When it rains, it RAINS. You get several inches in a very, very short period of time. There's videos about the arroyos on interstate 25 and 40 looking exactly like this. Several of them were actually damaged from the amount of rain they got this year.

@lovetohuntlovetohunt6241

Жыл бұрын

We've seen the rain waters pour off of NM mountains in 1978😳 & 2 young boys out riding their bikes near those huge drains/spillways were being searched for, as those drains/spillways were filling up fast! That was a very scary time for us as kids! We were told it may rain somewhere there, but it washes from everywhere to get there, so stay away from those & out of the valleys!

Wicked stuff. Good footage though. Crazy how fast these things can accumulate and run like that! Thanks for sharing! I watched another video of a family getting caught up in a flash flood deep in a canyon with a bunch of other people. Never mind how crazy the flood was, the rescue teams were there within hours with tractors and helicopters. Just amazing the society we live in.

The length of your video underscored the power. We all benefit from your diligence. Kudos!

@susanaobeid6770

Жыл бұрын

It's really a wonderful video, respect to the camera man.i want to ask where this place is

Wow that water is moving fast!! And you can see that some time in the past,.. that whole canyon was flooded. The canyon sides have been eroded away some time in the past by a huge flood water.

We were there Saturday, finished the tour about 2:30, saw the storm coming and left. We were shocked to hear about the flooding in our hotel that night. Incredible footage you got there!

Wow! This is quite a video you captured! I did hear about it on NPR radio. I live in the Southwest boot heal part of New Mexico. We had a bridge wash out the other day so now there isn’t a way for the people in the little towns of Cliff and Gila and Buckhorn to get to Silver City to buy groceries or go to work etc. Even school had to be canceled at Cliff since half the students come from Silver City

You have recorded one of the most amazing Flash-Floods I have watched to date, great work, glad you used common sense and alert while filming and driving. Looking at 0.29 the section of mountain rock area just above looks to be a weak area with large cracks, could fail sometime in the future. The large crack seems to follow up the mountain below the road. This could have an impact on road above. I think that area should be investigated, since it appears to be located not too far below the above road. One large area lets go, and above area usually follows. Really nice job Shawn.

WOW. Thank you for the Video. Amazing footage. Glad your safe. God bless you

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Thank you for taking the time to track it. Fascinating.

Wow! You don't know that the sky has a river flowing through it and the sky can dump tons of water on a mountain or at a high altitude? I was blown away when I heard a meteorologist say that there is a river of water in the sky! There are times after a space launch there is rain fall in some area of the country. Because of all the high temperatures, the water evaporates and the sky at some point, sheds all that water. And the cycle continues to repeat!

Good stuff - thanks for sharing the video. I'm in the UK but have friends in NM & was down at Carlsbad way back in 2006 - had hailstorms.

Fantastic job videoing and narrating and staying alive at the same time!

Thanks to not having a good rain jacket so you couldn’t go hiking, you’re alive. Thanks for the video. Great job!

We were there in mid-June. Awesome footage, brother. Thanks for posting this!

Just another day in the land of enchantment. You learn to stay out of the arroyo. That's why they put a culvert under the highway. It can rain 20-30 miles away and be a clear beautiful day for you. Always check the weather....

My friend was stuck right in the middle of mud slide, it was so close it made his tires come off the rims. Him and his family escaped through the windows of his pickup. Made it down to the train tracks and by the grace of God,caught a ride on the train to a small town then a big crew with Cats,front end loaders, dump trucks, and a large back hoe. Took him back to his truck. It pushed 3/4 ton pickup almost to the train tracks about 1/4 mile. It ruined his brakes,he got lucky. Ya never know about nature.

@faithrada

Жыл бұрын

That's terrifying!

Great vid. Capturing the River as it approached multiple points along the way. Rare to be able to witness and yet be mobile and safety conscious at the same time. We drove through that area to the caverns last year and it was all bone dry of course. Glad the area engineers prepped the elevated roads and high pass throughs under the freeways!

I’ve seen storm chaser videos before but never a flood chaser video, incredible video, thanks for sharing

That’s the best flash flood video I’ve ever seen . Great job and thanks for sharing You definitely need to get more views

Wow. Wow. Tremendous video. Scary how quickly this can happen. I was in a flash flood in Warren, Michigan in 2014 - they called it a hundred year flood. We were about to cross a bridge when the river turned into a huge lake and was coming straight at us.Turned the car around and high tailed it out of there.

Thank you young man for the wonderful filming. I got more from your video than anything I saw on the news! Glad you were safe.

Amazing keep! Had me on the edge of my chair watching yelling “go go go” yet wanting to see more. Glad you’re safe. Thank you so much!!!

DUDE!! DUDE!! TOTALLY RADICAL AWESOME 👏 👏👏!! What a phenomenon that you got it filmed, stayed ahead of it, were safe & warned ⚠️ others to boot!! Kudos!! Loved it and appreciate your great filming!! A chance of a lifetime and YOU DID IT!!

Wow. Sometime actuality filming in landscape mode with their phone. This dude is a hero

Wow ! My Dad & I (back in mid-90s) entered the park with a brief heavy rain thunder & lightning storm but no flooding and a beautiful Rainbow ! Fortunately, we made the last tour of the day going down the shaft route and afterwards the bats remained inside the Cave because of the storm !

WOW! Incredible video, thanks for posting, glad you’re safe.

This gave me chills too.. it's something I'd have done too. Thank you. God bless you and protect you..

Great job filming and keeping ahead of the flow and thank you for the concern for others , shows a true human being🥰much love

@roxieearly9484

Жыл бұрын

I was at the Caverns in 1976, what an amazing experience i have never forgotten

These Flash Floods In Desert Areas Are Amazing , And Dangerous ! Moab Utah Had The Same Thing Happen This Past Weekend ! I Live Just Across The Utah Colorado Border In Colorado And We Had Heavy Rains Here As Well And It Is Just Now Starting To Dry Out ! Great Video, And Glad To See You Made It Out OK !

@generalputnam2990

Жыл бұрын

I've been in Moab when the flood came right down the main drag. Pretty impressive, but took days for town crews to clean up. Monsoon season in the High Desert Southwest is so welcome this year.

Wow that is great filming of the flash flooding.watching in real time as its happening.Exciting to watch as it unfolded,thank you for sharing. Thankful you are so vigilant and kept your cool while you filmed. Will be interesting to see the after film. Hope everyone made it out safe.

You were lucky to be in a position to video this flash flood. The power of nature.

OMG that was an anxious 25 mins for me. I kept thinking you were gonna leave it too late! Awesome footage. Nature is all powerful.

Watching that water flowing down at 8:45 with such intensity had my heart pounding 😱. Please stay safe!!

@hi.moriarty

Жыл бұрын

Mine, too!!!

What an amazing video, thank you so much for taking the time to film this scarey scene. That bridge will need shoring up, the next flood may do some damage to the freeway. Glad you made it safely.

@KeyWestness

Жыл бұрын

That bridge is a culvert, designed for exactly this. It won't need any repairs.

Well your life is rarely boring. I kept trying to think you to the next curve that was down the road that might get you stuck on a little island. Glad you're safe brother!! miss you!!

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

You got that right! Making the best out of every situation that comes my way.

@edmartin875

Жыл бұрын

I agree. He didn't know if the next draw had a flashflood in it that could have washed over the road above him.

Thanks for the video,glad you're safe, I have never seen anything like this. My heart would race as you kept in front of the flow.

Great video! Glad you stayed ahead of the flood! Hope you have some more adventures but stay safe at the same time.

Amazing footage. Glad you are safe. Thank you for sharing.

Epic footage of flash flood. Staying with headwaters that long is great!

This is truly the only way for it to rain in the desert. When it only rains a bit, the water evaporates way too quickly. When we get this much at once, the water stays and goes where it needs to.

@laurie113

Жыл бұрын

The flowers will bloom . In a week or two, it will be a MAGICAL GARDEN OF COLOUR

This is monsoon season in the desert Sw, Do not drive thru these canyons!! Normal operations of mother nature!! Lived in Alamogordo NM for many years and Texas. Be safe for your family and friends and pets, be aware of your surroundings and keep an eye on the weather conditions.

Amazing capture of this flash flood. Be safe out there.

As many times that I have been there, never seen it rain. Thanks for sharing man. Appreciate it.

I must say you have a pretty big set for staying that close and getting this footage. This is on my "out West" list to visit, can't wait to compare my visit to this. Thanks for sharing it with us. Stay safe my friend. 🙏🙏

Yes, it was a long video, and I watched every single second of it. How SCARY. It's a good thing you are familiar with the area, I would have panicked. 😱 You, seriously, need to get a T-shirt saying you survived that! 😉 I'm glad you did, it COULD have ended much differently.

Now that is a FLASH flood, absolutely awesome footage. Thank you!!!

@ShawnSabot

7 ай бұрын

Yessir

Thank you. This is a great life lesson for anyone traveling to parts of the country they’ve never visited before. The more dramatic the landscape, the deadlier it can be. But even calm pasturelands are fraught with tornadoes, lightning storms and wildfires. Nature is alive and changing all the time. Thank you for capturing this intense example of the dangers out west. Well done.

Great capture, you were just ahead of the action. people often underestimate the power of water. Debris often is the cause of pushing road-bridges out of alignment. That is a massive amount of water moving in a very short time.

@susanaobeid6770

Жыл бұрын

It was really a massive one. Greetings from Miami hope you're good. Please I want to know where all this happened

Thank goodness you’re safe!! That’s wild how fast the flash floods rolls by getting bigger and bigger!!🥺🥺

Best coverage I've seen on flash floods. Excellent video, thanks!

One of the best flash flood videos on KZread.

Great footage! Thank you for sharing this video and you are safe in the disaster!

Great coverage! I was a little worried that the flood would get ahead of you at another crossing but you were sharp in tracking it. Thanks for posting.

Fascinating to see Mother Nature's dangerous fury! Thanks for sharing!

This is such a bad ass recording... u were at the right place at the right time at the wrong place at the wrong time literally! Thank you for the up close on it all!!!...😱😮👏👍

What awesome footage this is better than anything you see on the network news!

@ShawnSabot

Жыл бұрын

That's because I was at the beginning of it and let it chase me 6 miles down the road.

@RoscoRide

Жыл бұрын

@@ShawnSabot Hell that was better than drone footage right in on the action you were!

Where did this rain come from ? Look at a topo, highlight the ridges that form the watershed feeding the canyon, that's the catchment area that can send water through it. Thx for stickin' with it, it is so rare being so big, cheers 🍺

Wow!! YOU GOT SOME GREAT FOOTAGE. Glad you were able to stay safe enough to make it out safely and then to upload it later... (but mostly the first part!!)

Wow to see that instant river form and move like that!

That’s incredible, thanks for filming. Glad you were safe

That is some dangerous stuff . Wife and I and four of our friends were four wheeling in Moab Utah and got in about the same as you we were able to get to high ground with our four wheel jeeps four 4 1/2 hour's we sat .

Amazing footage. Mother Nature is beautiful and powerful. Gives me hope that no matter what we humans do to the earth, mother nature will prevail.

Great job at filming the video! So glad you were safety-minded and stayed away from danger. I’ve never seen anything like this. Thanks for sharing!

For whatever reason, floods scare me more than other weather disasters. I was in Carlsbad two years ago and had no idea it could look like this.

WOW! You could have been anywhere on your route when you spotted that, it could have gotten really ugly! At the end the “river” was still moving fast but the height had definitely dropped. I’m glad you and your vehicle made it out. Thanks for sharing! 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Good catch! The right place at the right time! Our company resurfaced all those roads years back so I know them well....completely dry when we were there.

Folks are going over that bridge like they have no worries at all and I'll tell you my heart is racing just watching your video of it !!