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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Like the drone music 👍🎶

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

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.

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

Like that fresh haircut. Stick w/that stylist 👍

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

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.

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.

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

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

Love the sweat band in preparation of the run 😂

Great work Sir thanks for all that you do!

Good timing

Lived and loved Flagstaff

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.

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

Thabks, Reed from Chickasaw Nation Oklahoma.😊🌵

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

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

Welcome to my beautiful mountain town, crazy too see a big RU-vidr in my home town.

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

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

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'...

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

Very interesting! Thank you!

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.

alternate title: Up Shultz creek without a paddle?

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...

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?

expert coverage, Thanks

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.

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.

Very interesting and informative 👍

Thanks!

Are there any cisterns in place to capture the runoff to utilize the water later, I know when we stayed on St. John’s island the house we stayed in had a cistern in place for each dwelling

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

Interesting close look at this sad situation.

Really nice footage Reed. Much Love Debbie

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

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

Hi Reed, be careful! !

yesssssssss keep the trap beats coming man!!!!

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 👍

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.

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.

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

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?

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

Nice haircut, Reed!! ❤

Safe travels, Reed!

Thanks

Fascinating video! Great job.

Thanks Reed!

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

Excellent

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 :)

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...

A lot of really good information in this video. Thanks Reed.

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

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

Wow! Thanks for explaining 👍🏼😊

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.

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☹️

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.

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.

Great job as always! Stay safe!

Thanks for sharing💯💯💯

That was interesting and educational. Thank you Reed for all you do. You need to be awarded for the work you do. Your an awesome guy 👍👍👍👍

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

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

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

Aww thought and prayers

Reed, what was the name of the tornado chasing show you were in and where did your buddy from that show go. I loved you in those shows.

Is there anyway to possibly dredge these burn scar areas to help prevent this from happening again? What else can be done to these areas that have poor drainage?

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.

Ooooh...Reed got a haircut! Looks good! Never knew Arizona had areas of such beautiful green landscape. Looks like a really nice place to live.

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.

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

Wow, so fast and dangerous.

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.

'outflow'. I've felt it in Western New York. Never knew it by name. Now living in San Francisco where God more-or-less regulates our weather with a rare Mediterranean climate. Sans mans pollution that is.

I live in Payson. Where does the water from Flagstaff go? Just curious?

Does that runoff go into lake Mead?

Good job! Thank you.

This video is one of your best!

Storming here in Tucson too

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

Would this happen if you had beaver habitat up stream?

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.

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

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.

Wow!

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.