FLASH FLOOD in Arizona

This flash flood occurred at Baker Tanks, just South of Roll, Arizona on Friday, May 5th 2016. The source of the flood was rain the Tinajas Altas mountains over 20 miles away from the site of the tanks. Be aware of flooding in the desert, just because it isn't raining where you are does not mean there is not a threat of a flash flood!

[@Jesus-jb4kd]

You deserve an award for how steady that shot was

[@jamesha175]

agreed

[@jonathanhurley4055]

Back in 1974, just out of the military by 2 years, I was returning to Phoenix, where I had been stationed for a year. I had a few friends who stayed their after service. So I am in my old VW it's at night, I am tired in New Mexico. I had left my home in Florida and was going to move there. So I see what I think is an EXCELLENT camping spot....soft sand...wide open, a few pieces of driftwood for a fire. So, I roll down a little hill , set up camp and was asleep by 9 PM. About 1 AM I sat bolt upright and realized something was really wrong. I heard thunder. Took a quick look around, and realized I was in a "river" bed. I didn't know if a flood was coming, but the air smelled of water and I was in the desert. The thunder continued and I saw lightning . So I didn't even fold anything up. I just threw my shit in my car pell-mell willy nilly...took me about 5 mins. Hopped in cranked it up ...and I heard the water coming. By the time I got to the little "trail" up the side of the bed, sticks and water were banging on my car...I got up the side...parked, shined my lights on the wash....and my campsite was already under 2 ft of rushing water. I will never forget that. Scared the bejeesus outta me. NEVER made a mistake like that again. whew. Then it began to pour rain where I was and then that was a freaking river.

[@clarencelee8074]

jonathan hurley NBC

[@clarencelee8074]

Loo

[@ironwoodnf]

Not everyone is that lucky!

[@psycho_sky123]

It takes 3 alarms for me to wake up in the morning 🙄😭

[@MsJoshisfat]

Wow that was one heck of a journey

[@antthegord9411]

I always loved seeing a storm rolling in over the mountains as a kid. Those dark clouds give me good feels

[@petej3800]

Thanks for the download and even more thanks for letting the sound be that of nature not awful music

[@henryc1000]

Amen to that🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ed777tx-edward8]

Hey great video. I lived in Douglas back in 51 a trip to El Paso on 80 was an adventure. There were many so called “ dips” in the road, no culverts or bridges unless it was a large crossing. In any event during a rain storm the rule was be careful of the dips, if they had water in them keep out, dangerous. Thanks for posting.

[@vicO1323]

The perspective of the little canyon changes when the man was near the water. At first I thought it was a little stream.

[@laughtoohard9655]

If you even see a black cloud in the sky stay out of washes and canyons around here.

[@mrexists5400]

if you notice the wind is steadily growing stronger from upstream in a canyon, *get out*

[@ddr_drogba777]

What about white ones?

[@ronhoughton5147]

Beautiful. Love the colors. The play of sunlight and the shadows. Awesome!

[@lisacheetham1009]

I love the shapes that have been carved out of the rock from the water.

[@wehvgirlpwr]

This is one of the coolest flash flood landscapes I have seen! Awesome!

[@steelswarfs]

Wow! Lots of cracks and crevices! Sure get to see what danger lies beneath when it's dry! Would hate to get a leg or ankle caught in there.

[@arnoldestipona2244]

In setting up camp,avoid creeks,streams and gorges,a lot of campers died in their sleep when it rains in the mountains or upstream. Alway camp at higher ground.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

I've lived in Arizona nearly my whole life, Born here. I had to google "Roll, Arizona".

[@robertcunningham5363]

Ditto. Lived here almost 40 years. Never heard of it.

[@comedyzone1859]

Ya must be a hermit lol

[@Tiberius291]

Glad others were there in case someone fell in.

[@MrThenry1988]

I experienced a flood while no rain in sight. gets ya off balance

[@franklesser5655]

I wonder if whoever first called it a "flash flood" considered that the flooding actually does occur in a "flash!"

[@sleddy01]

That was cool. Thanks for not putting yourself in front of the camera and talking the whole time. :)

[@plebny]

that was cool...thanks for posting

[@allenpeck8239]

I just wish the video would have been a bit longer than it was... No, actually, I wish it'd been a whole lot longer. lol This was cool to watch

[@najrenchelf2751]

Let me guess, you could also watch waves for hours on end, like me... 😉

[@allenpeck8239]

@@najrenchelf2751 you bet….soooooooothing…..so soooothing…..lol Thanx, mate

[@chilliewilly41]

In Maine we call that Coos Canyon on the Swift River. Oh and it runs like that pretty much all year. Only slowing during winter freeze and the occasional summer drought

[@WildlifeObsessed]

Lower Antelope Canyon visit was a surreal and incredible experience. Only ever go with a Guide.

[@LukeKetchum7003]

It is very cool to watch that from the side. But very dangerous to be directly in its path.

[@michelleadams4771]

Great vid!

[@gardenia73mccready79]

Oh my goodness - get caught in those hollows - no getting out of there, Mother Nature is Ferocious.

[@Matterhorny]

When it rains, I go out and watch the water run along the curb to the storm drain. I make sure to stand up on the sidewalk though, out of harm's way.

[@Guitarman7133]

DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY GRAVITY CANT KEEP THE WATER FROM RUNNING DOWN THE STREET?

[@gushollahbackatya1765]

Sarcasm : Put that sh*t on everything !

[@danielasantiago2732]

Funny boy...we need the funny people - they are vip in life.

[@jondavidbristow9819]

Good ole Arizona monsoon season

[@wishgodgirl1903]

Great video...

[@RedSiegfried]

Me: "Mom, I wanna go see the Grand Canyon." Mom: "We have Grand Canyon at home."

[@bestamerica]

' very beautifully natural flash water flood on the pathway river... special thank to cloud that give heavy rain rain rain on the ground

[@johndeluca4116]

Love this video. In Massachusetts and missing Arizona.

[@pctlvr]

thank so much

[@Acrossutah]

Cool.

[@DVR01]

Beautiful

[@cookingshortcut7365]

Amazing

[@anirudhkumar4507]

That looks like the Bolton strid without the water! 🤯🤯

[@esmewitch]

I was thinking just that. Makes the Strid even more scary seeing this video.

[@scatcrank]

Eff the haters, cool vid

[@james0swalt892]

Very interesting thanks for the video. My concern is the guy who takes bottles to the beach. I hope he holds it out with him. Bottle drinkers usually don’t.

[@Kuech]

It's in the desert not the beach. There is a campground under a quarter mile from here with trash cans. Everything made it in a trash can.

[@victormashatt6358]

Have too be careful. Only takes moments.

[@tracynation2820]

Good video. 💙 T.E.N.

[@scot60]

Nature is awesome

[@dannystricker854]

Stepped off the "freedom bird" in Nam into a dusty, stinky blast furnace...land was as flat as a beach post high tide. Then noticed these huge ditches maybe 10ft deep by 10ft wide every 100 yds or so. So I asked what they were and what they were for...."wait till 5PM and you'll find out" someone answered. At almost exactly 5PM, dense black clouds rolled in with thunder and lightening followed immediately by rain so heavy one couldn't see his hand in front of his face. The ground, incapable of absorbing any water at all, quickly turned to a sticky soup threatening to sweep oneself away....BUT - ten minutes later the rain eased and the ground water quickly flowed into those ditches...nearly filling them all...and within another ten minutes the dusty, stinky blast furnace returned. That's how I learned to always have a bar of soap handy around 5PM each day...and brought a new meaning to the phrase "rain SHOWER". True story.

[@maureneschlosz491]

Awesome!

[@cherylvergin1757]

Wild mother nature is as beautiful as she is dangerous.

[@davidmichaelheavenlymusic]

very cool!

[@Nynexx]

i found 3 nice gold nuggets in a wash like this.

[@coronavirus7998]

How much were they worth?

[@daveybass655]

Did you!?

[@123TauruZ321]

Bullshit.

[@MsJoshisfat]

Thats cool

[@justinstojanoski-pearson6184]

In your toilet you mean huh?

[@mtnbkr51]

Epic

[@travisboling735]

Baker's tanks south of Wellton Az.

[@ManuelLopez-ix6cn]

Digging large trenches every 100 yards in dry river beds would catch mass amounts of water and create mass vegetation in less then 2 years

[@sk8ersr20]

that's probably what the strid looks like under

[@lorettarussell3235]

At first I thought thought that is a really had gully forming. That needs to be repaired. Then I realized it is rock, & a canyon when it showed the downstream flow.

[@ArnoldsDesign]

Now I know what a spider trapped in the sink must feel like.

[@mray1255]

The toad actually survived and went on to earn advanced degrees in civil engineering and died at an advanced age with many grandchildren.

[@jacksonjohnson9674]

Pretty cool.

[@wmst5065]

This folks is why you never walk in a 'wash' in Arizona after a rain storm.

[@aurktman1106]

Every darn summer in AZ.

[@bedlams9594]

Oh so this is where they filmed that one walking with dinosaurs episode

[@MonthlyFailsContentResearch]

Hey Kuech, do you have an email address we can use to contact you regarding this video? I'd love to discuss a license to use this if possible! Cheers, Felix

[@jahzara2431]

when u thought it wasnt possible...

[@dw7939]

1:19 Red Shirt sacrifice

[@daveybass655]

Lol

[@sleepy314]

It’s OK, he was live streaming so we got his vid...

[@123TauruZ321]

Why so short video?

[@Maazin5]

Very cool

[@user-1billlon]

The new river!

[@ncot_tech]

In 50 years time these people will be telling stories to the younger generations about how water once flowed across the desert. 😉

[@stevepseudonym445]

And that the deserts in the US were mostly small and separated from one another.

[@Flightstar]

That's how the Grand Canyon was formed, miniature style. Waves upon waves of mega flash floods over the centuries as the ice ages came to and end.

[@barrym4079]

Not true. An upheaval of the Colorado plateau stopped the flow of the Colorado river. It created a lake bigger than the Great Lakes. Once it filled to the point of topping the crest, the Grand Canyon was cut in a very short time geologically speaking. Not the same at all.

[@neebinmakwah349]

@@barrym4079 Actually Both of you are wrong, it was carved by electrical plasma discharges.......proof..check out the video's of Michael Steinbacher and Andrew Hall.

[@RCAFTailWind]

@@barrym4079 exactly correct. Watched a documentary on it. Very interesting stuff. It was a multi event process and formed very quickly in geological terms

[@symonrocks9847]

Tell me more, I will never be privlidged enough too see things like this, i'm in England and my clock is running out, Is that sandstone, a mini grand canyon in the making. The shaped and sounds, the colours of the rock before wet and once the water runs clear, further downstream is it a lake or flood plain, so many questions and never got too be there.

[@Kuech]

This is a wash in the desert. Essentially it only runs when there is a large rain up stream. The water collects in the hard bottom of the red sandstone and will remain in the deep spots for sometimes months at a time. The day that I shot this video, there was a large rain storm up stream about 2 hours before we had got there. We knew based on where the clouds were that there was a good chance it would be running, but we didn't know that we would be there before and during when the water got to the area. Further down stream is a sandy bottom wash so once the water flows past it permeates into the desert and is gone. Here is a little more information on the area: www.in-the-desert.com/coppermts.html

[@symonrocks9847]

@@Kuech Thank you kindly sir.

[@adictedgaurav]

Is that a flood?

[@javelin1010]

are you sure that you are close enough

[@victormashatt6358]

Yep. Guy in red shirt not too bright.

[@gregrogers3579]

This looks like a very small amount of water

[@ramosfabian99]

This is what I imagine the strid looks like without water

[@frickpoo6644]

awesome

[@juanitasaavedra8663]

Well i live there in tucson az covid

[@serenityinfinity1992]

So pretty and dangerous

[@rukus100821]

looks like you guys never seen water before

[@viewfromthehillswift6979]

In case of a flash flood -- get out of the way, climb if you can. They can kill.

[@frankanddanasnyder3272]

Pretty small flood...

[@jmr1068204]

In another 50-100 years, people will be able to hike through that it will be so wide and deep.

[@jakerazmataz852]

Say, what? You could barely measure the change in 100 years. The Grand Canyon is like 50 million years old.

[@dennydolan4901]

Guy in red shirt not too bright

[@NYpaddler]

Maybe he's just faster than a sloth. If the water keeps rising he's got plenty of time to see it happen upstream and get out of the way.

[@Iamyobrotha]

cool place

[@kaifriedrich1763]

Post10 Arizona Excursion

[@mooldoo]

At the begining you think it's a little tiny river and then the cameraman zooms out.

[@egarrett66]

Hopefully no-one was down in that canyon.

[@markrudolph683]

The beginning of the next grand canyon!

[@gman3109]

You'd think they never saw water before!

[@jonfleck8687]

I lived in Arizona. They haven’t

[@carolynfoster1541]

Well those canyons aren't gonna just make themselves.

[@BLAISEDAHL96]

It’s chewsday, innit?

[@michaelbell360]

Oi theh mate, bit rude to jab that there knoife in me innit?

[@judithblades5578]

Couldn't get a sense of size and propounding people stepped into view....you can see how the floods have shaped the desert over millennia

[@mightyfraserriver977]

Now build a few dams and you have fixed the ecosystem. Plant trees and shrubs on the banks

[@williamwhaley3738]

And now I have to pee.

[@jeffshark499]

bruh

[@stevieb133]

More like flash tickle !

[@floydhelms44]

.....strange, it does this in Israel. He a vy rain far away and travels down to the dry areas.

[@RAVI-sv9co]

H2O can be very destroyable

[@Shawnsrobloxworld]

The start of a new "Grand canyon"!

[@ozarksfarmerhansen8782]

Im betting these weekend geniuses have never really seen a flash flood other than some little run off like this.

[@waynegreening5247]

Its not a flood if its not out of its banks!

[@haxzvrd4626]

I’m guessing every one here is from AZ

[@BillyMinnow]

Nope. Chicago. Never even been to AZ.

[@popiscoolnow]

Julio Hernandez or wants to be. Beautiful state

[@animalseatingfood3604]

Anyone else get the 80th comment or just me

[@desertrcaz]

I was there and that's not how it went.

[@Kuech]

Clearly a fake video.

[@lanterninthedark8926]

That's funny because I've seen plenty of flash floods there that looked exactly like this.

[@1114flibby]

Yeah, the others were there taking video of the CGI that they could not see, doofus!

[@josephastier7421]

That's not how any of this works.

[@grimreefer8561]

I seen 4 people who need to get a job!

[@gtbproductions1]

“Flash” flood, not Just drainage after rain