Insane Flash Flooding, Antelope Canyon and Page Arizona. August 2nd, 2013

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Radar indicated over 4" of rainfall south of Page AZ the afternoon of August 2nd, 2013. The runoff overtook drainage pipes under HWY89 near Maverick in Page. The flows followed the highway down to maverick before finding another outlet to drain down. Many people were caught off guard by this water which deposited massive amounts of sediment on roadways and parking lots. Thanks to Mark from Idaho for the interview!
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[@jameswatters2012]

I was camping 20yrs ago in Yosemite National Park with my cousins and uncle when I was visiting on holiday from Scotland. One night there was a massive thunderstorm and the creek which was about 150’ away and 30’ below us suffered a flash flood which brought the water to within 20’ of our campsite. It was frightening and thrilling at the same time to see what Mother Nature can do. The speed and noise of the water was incredible and the flood lasted for about 3hrs before it went as quickly as it came. No lives were lost, fortunately.

[@elkhunter8664]

Having spent time in this beautiful area, and being a lifelong Arizonan, I must say you have the prettiest mud I've ever seen. Seriously, I have been involved in cleanups in the past, And red sand is way easier to deal with than black clay. Thanks for the good quality video.

[@Kumachanchan]

I was in that slot Canyon with my wife on a tour, and the floor to ceiling (where the water is flowing) is over 45 feet. The Navajo woman told me the canyon floods at 60mph and will go from floor to ceiling in 30 seconds

[@junglie]

Bet you wanted to leave soon after being told that!

[@0_mfg]

@@junglie lmao

[@jeffgo5742]

Hence the name flash flood

[@om3g4z3r0]

@@jeffgo5742 NOW I GET IT

[@christopping5876]

Yes. Walkwd it too! Amazing. Do not mess with nature it always wins!

[@MyEarthEcoNut]

That's insane. I hiked Antelope Canyon in '81, it's hard to imagine the volume of water dropped from that storm. Great video - thanks!

[@ericu808]

It's so cool I actually got to witness flash floods @ this scale. Thank you for the vid! As scary as they get they are truly fascinating.

[@theyoungindian5475]

Come to India

[@jessicakirsh]

I hope to have the opportunity to witness this one day!

[@SvobodovaEva]

What did you do with all that time you saved by typing @ instead of "at" ?

[@grandpagrandmajustkeepgoin4560]

Fascinating just like watching tornadoes!

[@LisaFaiss]

They are interesting from afar, but all I could think of is that’s how the 10 German tourists died in Antelope.I can’t even believe the tour guides were able to survive something like that. Somehow the tied into the sides of the canyon.

[@rankinstudio]

I did tours out there for 2 years. It was amazing to see how the canyon changed from flood to flood. I have seen it change over 5-8 feet just between two floods. It was like a new canyon each time it flashed. I would think these floods are definitely lowering the floor.

[@cacatr4495]

Apparently, the " floor" is now topsoil up on the plateau!

[@lauralatorre970]

The dark side of progress!

[@thundercloudentertainment900]

That is so amazing! I am a serious flood enthusiast and would have loved to have been there.

[@cacatr4495]

Thanks for "filming" and posting this; I've added this to my large Arizona playlist, to the Antelope Canyon/Page section, to share this with others. Thanks again.

[@theresa42213]

Great vids Rankin! l love watching these kinds of things. Hope everyone was ok.

[@jesser5127]

Someone should attach a camera up near the top of the walls or on that bridge somewhere right before a flash flood and record the canyon filling up with water that gets higher.

[@Lyrinda]

Superb video! Having stood above the lip of Antelope Canyon and looked down where it runs under the highway bridge, it is awesome to think of the violent swirls and scours of water sweeping through that beautiful tortured slot.

[@HiramMaxem]

Wow! So glad it didn't get worse. We were there less than a week later, the property owner of lower Antelope Canyon was actually doing repairs to the steps and ladders that were damaged, half the slot canyon was closed so we didn't reach the end, again, so glad it wasn't worse. Thanks for sharing.

[@Utroll]

I guess it's this amazing flush of abrasive sand & stones that shaped antelope canyon along ages. Amazing and beautiful phenomenon. Thanks for posting that one.

[@LAnonHubbard]

No, God did it.

[@lisajohnson5516]

We love your videos. This is amazing; we appreciate your eye for what's important, and your sense of perfect commentary. Thank you.

[@m.a.vestal8253]

Fricken INSANE that slot canyon.... Great job man.... Water scares me the most... Thanks man.....

[@jenjonphotography]

That's crazy, we were there a few months ago & you'll never expect something like this happen to such a hot & dry place. Page is amazing!

[@tv288]

Thanks for showing us the forces that formed those amazing slot canyons!

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Nice video. Well done. I appreciate the decent narrative and steady cam.

[@craighiebert3384]

As a wannabe meteorologist, I love this. Don't love the damage it does, but it's amazing to watch. I grew up in Los Angeles, I saw my first flash flood not far from this area (near Wikieup on Hwy 93). It was that same pink mud. As a high school graduation gift in 1981, my dad took me on an EPIC road trip across the western U.S. GREAT memories with all that spectacular scenery everywhere!

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

It would be cool to take a picture from the same spot in a slot canyon after each significant flood, and then make the pictures into a time lapse showing the erosion.

[@rankinstudio]

The erosion of the canyon is actually very slow. Really unnoticeable. The sand levels in the canyon can change dramatically between floods.

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

rankinstudio It would be a time lapse very long in the making.

[@natadane9610]

+FLPhotoCatcher very awesome idea

[@warrenlauzon5315]

+FLPhotoCatcher Yeah, like a few hundred years.

[@alanbolt1211]

FLPhotoCatcher q

[@daveeyes]

Very impressive. Reminds of the Cherry Creek flood in Denver, 1965 -- there's something about watching trees and big rocks being swept along.

[@E3ECO]

I've been to Antelope Canyon. It's amazing seeing it full of water. Too bad you couldn't get a shot of it exiting.

[@griz063]

@rankinstudio Hey Dave. Your videos of the flash-floods were my motivation to visit Utah and Arizona. I've been at the bottom of one of these slots and fully understand what you're saying about them being very deep. But a "before-during-after" comparison (a dissolve if you're cinematically gifted) would speak volumes. My particular encounter with them was at Waterholes Canyon, S on 89 from Horseshoe Bend.

[@BenHorne]

Very impressive! I've enjoyed viewing your flash flood videos for quite some time, and this one is pretty insane!

[@heathermchaney7896]

Thank you for this video!! My family home is on Navajo Dr. right above where you are filming; I haven't been home in awhile and I am so homesick! I grew up here, 4th grade through high school and this is my favorite place on earth! Thanks again, so much!!

[@johnmudd6453]

I am from Scotland and Page is also my favourite town in the USA stayed in a B&B in South Navajo drive for 2 weeks exploring the area , balloon festival, upper and lower antelope ,rafting on the Colorado ,the dam tour ,North rim of the canyon ,monument valley ,etc etc the whole area is awesome ,oh and nearly forgot the windy Mesa.

[@Mtnred738]

I was there in Antelope Canyon in the early summer. Very impressive video!

[@aidanhicks5316]

Wow! The entire canyon's underwater! That's insane

[@pedrito77]

Holy mother nature! That was both amazing and scaring. Thank you for sharing!

[@garyobrienNC]

Good work. The water in Antelope Canyon was amazing.

[@mikehenry4743]

Great video, I love monsoon season in Arizona.

[@camacmoore]

That is amazing. My son & I were through there July 9,2013. Looks so powerful. Very scary. Nature is amazing.

[@ryabow]

Gotta love Arizona weather. Not a drop of reason where you are, but the washes and canyons are still absolutely raging.

[@googoo-gjoob]

hey Dave, that 1st scene at Antelope Canyon, how about editing in a dry day comparison shot?

[@huckstirred7112]

i was about to say the same thing

[@benth162]

I've been binge watching these Lahars (Debris flow) of different videographers for about an hour and it just amazes me how much water can be taken up into clouds. The power of the water is amazing. I watched a 150 ton boulder as large as a Volkswagen bug or bigger being swept along like God was playing marbles.

[@tractors44]

Great video, we visited Page in the summer of 1984 and the whole area was dry then.

[@DeniseHedberg66]

Really awesome!! Beautiful, but scary just watching it. I'm sure it was great to see it in person! All that power!

[@texannabelle]

We were on that road in May, 2012. Sooo glad we missed this excitement, but thanks for posting the video so quickly. Only last night we saw one of your videos on Discovery Channel about the debris flows. You're doing a great job. Be careful! but you already know that.

[@philthycat1408]

Appears to be the perfect place to open a terracotta pot shop.

[@ronaldshank7589]

Yeah! With all that mud and clay, you couldn't miss! Just go getcha some mud and clay after it dries out, add water, mix it up, and fire it in the nearest kiln! Man, that's a LOAD of mud and clay left in that parking lot! Fire up the kilns, Bertha... it's pottery making time!!!

[@Brucev7]

Therapeutic Mud Baths as well!

[@okkarkyaw8145]

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[@rollinmckim4719]

Or a Navajo Dream Catcher store.

[@sandmantk4901]

Nice work guys. thanks for posting

[@burlapse4113]

We go there every summer, great footage!

[@wildbonded]

We just back from here, amazing place!

[@gasman1367]

Excellent coverage!!

[@jeffgo5742]

I remember that storm I was living in Phoenix at the time and it was crazy there too

[@vivianblack7266]

Thanks for sharing... I never seen Page flooded, I thought this video was amazingly crazy... WowWWWWW!

[@WildlifeObsessed]

Utterly amazed at this, since we walked down Little Antelope Canyon on a dry, clear, glorious sunshiny day in April 2013. Heeded the warnings about flash floods etc and had a Guide, but to see this taken but a few months later is horrifyingly scary. Thanks for posting/sharing.

[@FILIPFROMSALMO]

Good video. I can see how the power of water can cut those slot canyons now

[@LindCoulee]

Super amazing and impressive video. Must love AZ.

[@christinetrue8198]

I very much appreciate that you know the correct way to film…horizontal! Thank you

[@laradolilly]

I lived in AZ for 6 years, and saw some amazing flash floods, way before cell phones and the days when anyone had video capabilities...this is typical, yet very few people understand the danger, still. Pay attention to those "Careful Flash Flood" signs, friends. Lives can be saved. To get and post such a great video of this flood is very cool!!!

[@snakeblade88]

It's one thing to hear this on the news as we enjoyed a nice day up in SLC, totally another to see it like this! That slot canyon was insane as it emptied...

[@BillyBob-qh9fm]

great footage... you did a great job

[@Scrat335]

I was at that Maverick last August on a road trip. Nice area.

[@cdiana1]

Great videos. Thanks!

[@philtripe]

i drove this road back in 1989 when my buddy and i drove my truck out here, it was raining and the road was the water channel which freaked me out being a yankee and a teenager i just followed the car in front of me...it was maybe 4-6 inches deep in spots, nothing like this, but i could see that all the water was going to be in the road which is the lowest spot for miles...which is why we build roads out here in those places cause they have the least amount of obstacles(in the dry season at least)...i fell in love with the west that year

[@PlainObserver]

Freakin awesome! Thanks for videoing and uploading. I had no idea that Antelope Canyon ever filled up completely. I got gas at that Maverick back in 2009!

[@LAnonHubbard]

I hope your stomach's better now

[@Kaylem13]

WOW, great footage dude. thank you.

[@aircooledvw62]

wow great footage. I love Arizona.

[@ldjican]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

Awesome flash flood - scary and beautiful at the same time 👍 thank you for sharing this amazing video 😊💕

[@relentlessundrdawg]

Page is a tourist destination in which 3 landmarks, Lake Powell, the Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River, and the Antelope Slot Canyon are all in this area. I went there last October, and 90% of the population is Navajo Indian. Can't wait to head there this October to take more photos of the area. I would never go there during monsoon season though.

[@jacobhawks6831]

hop 🔯🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲antelope hunp da forests ntvhzzas

[@LAnonHubbard]

Check out Buckskin Gulch too if you like slot canyons.

[@joelcrunk651]

It would be interesting to see what the before and after photos look like in the slot canyon.

[@andie_pants]

Wait... is this that same deep narrow slot that people take all of those amazing photographs inside of?

[@rankinstudio]

Yes it is. Also the same one that killed 11 people in a flash flood in 97

[@bcboy11]

Nice vid, would also be nice to see what the canyon looks like without water.

[@gaittr]

Wow. Great documentation

[@Ronin4614]

Nice video, David!

[@BurtonSKnowles]

I am mesmerized by all these videos. The power of mother nature! Thanks for these great vids!!

[@patrickwest6876]

Great footage!!!!

[@willbur73]

I got off the lake from the Antelope SMP about half an hour after all this. From the lake we saw a ton of rain hit Page, and tried to hurry back. We did see a ton of the flooding under that bridge though, which was wild. Water has incredible power.

[@spicecatz]

Whoa this is something we rarely see up in Michigan. Nature is amazing.

[@sonic1045]

O.M.G AMAZING FOOTAGE .. THANKS!

[@user-tb2jy9lu3d]

I think that The Strid in the UK basically looks like Antelope Canyon underneath, just different types of rock. Probably very similar depth and a lot wider, too. Except for it is a constantly running river vs Antelope Canyon flooding just happens during heavy rains.

[@Torrque]

That's some quality, effective flood planning in the road work there. ADOT should be proud of such forward thinking.

[@Grahnelle]

Really great video clip !

[@rankinstudio]

I think they already got 89 opened again. They make quick work of that stuff. I'm curious about damage costs.

[@jerrymather4218]

My dad drive tow truck down in and around Phoenix back in 2000ish. I remember him telling me about some of these floods.

[@aubreybryan5332]

Absolutely AMAZING!!!

[@HelenKukovski]

Insane. We were in September 2013 for a week and it was completely dry.

[@rankinstudio]

All the water you see here went through upper. I'm sure it was raging.

[@andrenewcomb3708]

Things have changed there. I was there in the 1990's and there wasn't anything on #89. You had to go up an incline to get to Page. And every time I look at flooding upstream from Mead, I wonder that is there some sort of program with DOI as to silt management? Loss of storage? There's a serious drop-off just west of #89 into Glen Canyon.

[@LoveMyScooby]

Wow, that is amazing!

[@calcrappie8507]

Best damn dam tour I ever been on was right here. Glen Canyon Dam is a big ass dam. Took an elevator 50 some stories down into the bowels of that thing. Leaks like a sombitch down there. And that bridge you cross into Page, AZ. was real damn scary walking across. Make your eyes bug out walking across that one. Loooong way down.

[@danmart9087]

We have done the Canyon tour. That would be cool if somebody could get it with the water coming out of the crack up there. Good video thank you

[@Bzapp725]

what happens afterward for cleanup? snow plow?- that sludge has got to weigh tons

[@cacatr4495]

Earth-moving equipment.

[@lightningsurvivor1432]

thats what makes these canyons so beautiful

[@Muserings]

David, you catch some amazing footage - your southern UTAH one with river erosion was great and your lightening photo too.... ....if you want to see a different side to floods try "UK floods - Hose ban" or click muserings above.

[@honjarvey]

amazing footage...wonder if other nearby slots/roads got flooded too? thanks for sharing!

[@mefford67]

Gotta love Monsoon season in the desert!

[@spikeydapikey1483]

Bloody hell!! That's Intense :O

[@johnedwards1685]

I think I’m beginning to understand “shadow of death” when walking in the valley.

[@nohbodhi1120]

To anyone wondering flash floods happen basically every time there is significant rain in AZ. Not to this degree all the time obviously but the ground is so dry and hard that it takes forever to absorb water so if it rains for more than 10 mins its start flooding

[@dddhhh2612]

Not sure how much development was there back in 2013, but now (2020) that area has been built up quite a bit.

[@koue89]

I won't be surprised to see new formations in the canyon walls. Nature at its best. :)

[@LibertyTreeBud]

I love the color of that mud. It looks like it would be fun to slosh around in it, but with rubber boots. Thanks for sharing.

[@lowpricedpaint]

It's so beautiful the destructive power of water.

[@johnhiram1207]

Pretty impressive video. Never mess with Mother Nature.

[@nativeborn]

The amount of sediment deposit is crazy. I can only imagine how much work that his to clean up.

[@RandolphAgarn1]

I have seen this happen near Parker, AZ. I live in that area and it can get crazy when it floods.

[@libbytsosie5019]

Aaaaah! Amazing! Beautiful! 😍

[@thedirtman00]

Good video. Thank you. I wonder how long it took to clear highway 89 and whether I will see some of the storm remnants when I visit Page on Wednesday.

[@socraticgadfly]

I grew up in Gallup, and remember a big flash flood there in 1979.