Flash Flooding Overwhelms Rural Areas in Central Arizona

Severe thunderstorms https://x.com/NWSFlagstaff/status/2112904705324220472/photo/1 brought large hail, powerful gusts and flash flooding to central Arizona on Wednesday, October 21, with the National Weather Service (NWS) issuing a rare https://x.com/NWSFlagstaff/status/2112926881984966932 tornado warning in the area. Footage here captured by Clint Hendricks IV in Ash Fork and Tuba City shows washes overrun with https://x.com/NWSFlagstaff/status/2113112509762634116 floodwater , which led to some rural communities being swamped. Showers and thunderstorms would https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=AZZ008&warncounty=AZC025&firewxzone=AZZ108&local_place1=18%20Miles%20W%20Williams%20AZ&product1=Flood+Watch&lat=35.2228&lon=-112.4809 continue to develop through Thursday evening. (Footage by Clint Hendricks IV/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)