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

[@mattdeets8394]

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

[@gbro8822]

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

[@gbro8822]

@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.

[@garrettgibson9571]

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]

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

[@vernwallen4246]

🐕🐶🐈🐱😥

[@paperandmedals8316]

2hrs south. Thunderstorms just kicking off now.

[@ishipgojoxgeto]

Any floods?

[@westcoastbred7745]

No horses?

[@steveeddy6876]

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

[@katden220]

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]

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.

[@lynnelovett8999]

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

[@aalievenables5539]

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

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[@annem7806]

Like that fresh haircut. Stick w/that stylist 👍

[@tarnsand440]

Like the drone music 👍🎶

[@a.h.9438]

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

[@ReedTimmerWx]

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

[@jeffreymahan4228]

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]

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

[@bettywhite6672]

Love the sweat band in preparation of the run 😂

[@stevewest6133]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@sinonreaper6793]

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

[@rickwoods2352]

Great work Sir thanks for all that you do!

[@FalloFSilenceOfficial]

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

[@Phoenix-bn5ec]

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...

[@marthaanderson2346]

Thabks, Reed from Chickasaw Nation Oklahoma.😊🌵

[@canyonroots]

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]

What a beautiful place you live

[@charliemcgrew4589]

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]

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

[@motogem1408]

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

[@kittvulpin]

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 ❤️

[@debrablevins5600]

Really nice footage Reed. Much Love Debbie

[@fortunaf3]

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]

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]

600 mm in 24hrs also...

[@sahasdulmina4783]

Gods have treated well for brutal USA 👍🌷🤣

[@Lucyblacklab]

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

[@wendymckenzie719]

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.

[@ilcanaledellanatura]

Thanks for sharing💯💯💯

[@stephennina]

Safe travels, Reed!

[@brooklynnchick]

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?

[@markpatterson2507]

Interesting close look at this sad situation.

[@galaxxy614]

I live in flagstaff!! Thank you for your coverage of what's happening here. Side note, I've watched you for years, especially when I lived in the midwest. Love your content!!

[@johnwozniak1218]

Very interesting! Thank you!

[@Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian]

This video is one of your best!

[@lloydbellis7360]

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 👍👍👍👍

[@lewisbale1]

Storming here in Tucson too

[@isabeld.9926]

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

[@ladislaoortiz8420]

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

[@RIXRADvidz]

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]

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

[@aaronbrooks7132]

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

[@mzlleathers7249]

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

[@kizzylloyd152]

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]

Thank you so much Kizzy

[@rollnryan27]

@@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

[@johnnyjohns3863]

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

[@soulshine8531]

Thanks Reed!

[@kathryncasey4114]

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.

[@debbieprice3435]

I lived in Flagstaff for a little while love that area and I'm a Florida girl, Much different looking than Phoenix

[@jamessharier7529]

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

[@hooballoolify]

Oh no! I hope everyone's okay in Flagstaff...that also includes my former grad school (NAU)! GO LUMBERJACKS!!!

[@darlenericotta7550]

Wow, so fast and dangerous.

[@paperandmedals8316]

So professionally what’s this trained professional do?

[@nicholasstokes8330]

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

[@nicholasstokes8330]

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.

[@amistenson2535]

… and Lake Meade is losing feet daily. 🤔

[@matthewkleberg6033]

Just saw the place I worked for four years almost washed away.

[@kymcrowart7876]

when was this. Today is Saturday. I’m driving through Flagstaff tomorrow

[@georgebuckingham6184]

Saturday at 3:30pm

[@ZEUStheKingGermanShepherd]

Where does all that water flow to ? Any certain lake?

[@ReedTimmerWx]

It’s trying to get to the Rio De Flag. I am sure it eventually heads toward the Colorado River

[@eaglethree1]

So was the rain Flagstaff got MUCH heavier than normal?

[@ReedTimmerWx]

No I would say the burn scar contributed largely to this flood. All the water that fell came down the mountain

[@eaglethree1]

@@ReedTimmerWx Makes sense, so its a cascade of unfortunate events.

[@petemarron6677]

Dude, did you green screen some of this?

[@ReedTimmerWx]

no lol

[@tedpatriot2963]

It's amazing how millions of pounds water is contained in our atmosphere! Seems to defy gravity!

[@itzkallen9674]

To be fair we have had flash flooding since the early 2000s do to a major fire on the back end side of the peaks.

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

What is the purpose of the thumping music in background ?!?

[@jimfinan9132]

Up Schultz Creek!

[@jms7765]

That's pretty cool. Hey, what's your PHD of:?

[@ReedTimmerWx]

Meteorology from University of Oklahoma

[@dianas514]

I live in Sedona. Was up in FLG yesterday. I was shocked at all the sandbags along Forest and Cedar. So very sad! 😔.

[@ReedTimmerWx]

I came through Sedona on my way to FLG! Drove the beautiful Oak Creek Canyon

[@chandarussell]

I would have liked to see that creek get bigger in real time instead of editing so it skips it gradually increasing.

[@timgremmels7977]

ummm how do you become a trained professional flash flood filmer?

[@ПавелУшаков-ы8ч]

Не каких больше кораблей с дождями

[@dhoffman4955]

I wonder about the narrow canyon between Flagstaff and Sedona.

[@knightdragon5640]

We had FEMA insurance for years but was very disappointed that it didn't cover much of anything. 😡

[@ReedTimmerWx]

Yes unfortunately flooding insurance is a bit flakey.

[@muunokhoi]

Technically not a debris flow, but a flash flood.

[@stevepax2809]

Condemn construction in the flood plain, bulldoze it away, and move roads out of the flood plain. Sit back and enjoy the weather.

[@kymkauffman5000]

These are very educational Reed! Thank you!

[@solarforfuture]

weather controllers gone wild?

[@kenbulut-oe8sb]

There is something wrong with the Timmer boy.

[@PoliceSpotter]

Got a flood advisory for a whole week literally last week. Only a bit of rain. The flood advisory was almost for all of Arizona for a bit, then it changed more to the north & central arizona.

[@beachside1]

Looks like someones firewood is taking a flume ride down the river

[@Shadow-Afton]

ITS POURING LIKE CRAZY OBER HERE

[@kittvulpin]

Poor Flagstaff just can’t catch a break 🙁 I remember this exact same thing happened last year too. It’s so sad to think about the people who were recovering from last year’s flooding having to deal with it all over again. Flagstaff is such a beautiful mountain town with so much rich history. My heart goes out to all of you affected

[@forthefunofit3230]

poor flagstaff!!!! really!!! those idiots CHOSE to live along the flash flood areas!!!!! not one ounce of pity from me!!!!!

[@jcgardner5852]

I have seen several flash floods. Living in Southern Utah as I do. They are very dangerous. Actually going tomorrow to retrieve friends camp trailer that was caught in one.

[@GT-mn3bx]

Let's build houses next to washes that have been there 500 years!

[@ReedTimmerWx]

Sounds like that creek rarely flows in the summer until the burn scars developed upstream

[@prefersoxygen9373]

Same story as always.... watch houses get flooded over and over because they are built near water and in low areas ... and this was from just 2 inches of rain?

[@ReedTimmerWx]

@@prefersoxygen9373 burn scar flood is built different

[@prefersoxygen9373]

@@ReedTimmerWx true... But that dry "creek bed" is a huge hint that water has flowed there before... Common sense has to prevail eventually... Sadly an expensive lesson is needed to teach such common sense

[@wizardsmoke4893]

thats is crazy how it works that way

[@tg4941]

Just from a layman's point of view why if that's a flash flood prone area and has done so in the past is there no channels for it to go?

[@kathryncasey4114]

Just guessing but I think the water channels were there a long time before people built stuff in them.

[@johnblankenship2587]

WHY DOESN'T the weather channel hire u ?

[@imanutnur7]

It's because there are just too many people in areas where it once was sparse, Don't blame it times.

[@reganung8997]

Take care and be careful with the water

[@blackbird5634]

pump that water to Phoenix, they need it.

[@robbieburris2333]

We got a little rain today but I live in South west Colorado.

[@ReedTimmerWx]

You have been under flash flood watches at times this past week

[@robbieburris2333]

@@ReedTimmerWx yes sir but where I am we're just getting sprinkles on.

[@luciawufan1]

I am planning to drive through flagstaff next Tuesday to Las Vegas. Should I still go ? Or need to change the route

[@dp2995]

alternate title: Up Shultz creek without a paddle?

[@WesleyAPEX]

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

[@WesleyAPEX]

Does that runoff go into lake Mead?

[@XmasLightsGuy]

Good video on the content & picture quality ... but those very annoying text boxes .ug. I almost stopped the vid. (they'd be fine if they just appeared & disappeared or faded in/out, but moving around like that makes the vid almost unwatchable)

[@kayleethacker1085]

I LITERALLY WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT!! So glad my mom and I weren’t the only ones thinking this. It was obnoxious and distracting. And some weren’t necessary

[@danmeek928]

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

[@W7LDT]

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]

Well Done Gods.🌷🌷🌷for brutal USA

[@b_uppy]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@jadenmiller3553]

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

[@eyestothesky6331]

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]

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

[@mattlloyd9054]

So my question is.... did they greedly take up all the so called flood plain with insufficient infostructure? I understand the burnscar complications but it seems to me that the oligarcy of Flagstaff needs to put in sufficient infostructure and give ample room for the naturally occuing runoff or flooding issue. Which really means the crooks need to come off some money to fix this problem or Hell just launder it in Ukraine.

[@peekpen]

'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.

[@TheMicHogg]

So you say that the town has a contingency plan for this. This is not true. I literally left Flagstaff before the last big flood and I can tell you with 100% assurity that the poor neighborhood that this water empties into has no flood protection. And this isn't a political statement this is an actual fact. The wealthy neighborhood removed all the sandbags from the neighborhoods because they were "unsightly". I left Flagstaff because my neighborhood kept flooding every year and it was getting worse and worse and they were doing nothing about it. I had a friend of mine whose house just got flooded out and they're not going to do anything about it. Only wealthy people in Flagstaff have a contingency for this problem and the water dumps in the poorest neighborhood.

[@lesliemergenthal75]

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

[@daniel4God4ever]

If it doesn’t rain it’s a disaster…if it rains it’s a disaster

[@terriarnold4364]

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

[@prayonkreutz2398]

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]

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

[@eaglehorse1202]

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

[@LisaFaiss]

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]

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

[@robnamowicz8073]

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

[@LisaFaiss]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@itzkallen9674]

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

[@SovereignSlash]

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]

hows the timberline area and doney park?