07/28/2017 - Beginning of Monsoon Flash Flood - Santa Cruz River - Tucson AZ

Here is the front of the wall of water flowing down the Santa Cruz River from under the Cushing Street underpass.

[@veronicaramirez5326]

My cousins live to the right of A mountain. I lived in Tucson for 7 years as a child and still call it home ❤️

[@RobertMCotter]

When I was at the UofA we used to drive up A mountain and drink beer and listen to the radio. Stations from all over the country would come in.

[@johnganshow5536]

Reminds me of when I lived there and used to ride my bicycle a lot on " The Loop " I miss it!!!

[@almarodriguez5651]

MY BEAUTIFUL OLD PUEBLO

[@mariatristan5545]

MY..BEAUTIULOLDPEUER LO

[@susanthacker3286]

My Grandmother lived at the end of Congress up on the hill from the time I was born until 1970. There was a big window in the front of the house that we would watch the monsoon storms from.

[@franpatterson6569]

I was a teenager when this storm hit I remember walking the arroyos , and the rillito, Santa Cruz rivers afterwards There were whole vehicles ,appliances, HUGE chunks of debris from the homes that were swept away by the torrential rain and mud

[@arnoldodominguez9242]

Ahí viven mis hijas cerca del río santa cruz los dominguez

[@rtxclan6249]

so you were how old? ik its not my business

[@leechjim8023]

You're probably college kid now. I am near 61 and I am interested in Tucson. I would just want to be WELL above flood stage!

[@alextagarr388]

Con qué poquito pinole se ahogan con esos charquitos, vengan a vivir un flash flood a Nogales Sonora y verán lo que es bueno...

[@QuantumNoir]

😁

[@chuckpuck6744]

Who would want to live there

[@carolinenunez3455]

With thunder as a bonus! Nice.

[@hectora7479]

Thanks for this awesome video!

[@josephastier7421]

Way to stay with the shot. Too many videos today seem to last about thirty seconds and miss the best parts.

[@bobsmith3291]

That’s what your girlfriend said

[@josephastier7421]

@@bobsmith3291 LOL. Last time I heard that one I fell off my pet dinosaur.

[@tracynation2820]

An excellent video. 💙 T.E.N.

[@dkzlslx7690]

The waters came and replenishd stuff..

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Flash-floods are interesting to watch but you don't want to be caught in one.

[@Carlos-qx8bp]

Awesome

[@MonthlyFails]

Hello jnromero, is it possible to contact you regarding this video (i.e. via email)? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible to discuss? :) Cheers, Felix

[@QuantumNoir]

My city.

[@mariatristan5545]

MY. City

[@gurpreetsinghbala5663]

Beautiful

[@justanotherdrunk]

great vid thanks

[@elizabemagnaye1874]

A flashed flood that is very slow coming .

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

I don't understand what causes this magnificent event

[@masterofpuppets5072]

The rain

[@chuckpuck6744]

Rain from a higher elevation pooling up then gravity taking it downward.

[@Music32ist]

great video you rock

[@tierrazlexanas3722]

Aqui dando manita para ariba

[@elenamartinez3333]

Esto es naturaleza pura, no tenemos que cortar el paso y el camino del agua, aunque pasen años, el agua tiene memoria y entra por su cauce, no tapemos riachuelos, ni barrancos por muy pequeños que sean, alguna vez necesitarán estar libres de basuras matorrales, para ser hutil,

[@thomasmint1761]

Ok, cool, but could have shortened it down to about 30 seconds duration

[@bobsmith3291]

Jo jo left her home there for some California grass

[@panchovilla7395]

Too slow

[@MartyLJ57]

That's pretty slow for a FLASH flood

[@user-vm9ig4zs8e]

Your stupidity is hilarious.....BYE.

[@masterofpuppets5072]

Notice how you only got five thumbs up

[@The-GreenHornet]

@@user-vm9ig4zs8e Don't be a Ass hat.

[@The-GreenHornet]

@@masterofpuppets5072 notice how you have zero

[@mars62100]

That's not a river in my opinion, it's a wash. I'm from Washington State and the Columbia River doesn't show up when heavy rains start and then vanishes when it dries up, the Columbia River has been there for the 47 years I lived there and has been and will continue to be there for many many more years. So sorry, but they should call it the Santa Cruz wash.

[@GiovannaHesley]

It was a river when it was named. Poor environmental protection is a factor in the loss of flow.

[@eroildo.3374]

ES MUY. ABURIDO.EL VIDEO..NO TIENE. CHISPA DE EMOCIONES. FUELTES. ?

[@mariannesouza8326]

Yawn 🥱

[@tywebbgolfenthusiast8950]

While it’s cool video, it’s clearly a channel or canal. Water flowing in a waterway is not a flood. It’s actually preventing flooding by collecting and conducting the water away.

[@averageguy7932]

Way to take a fun video to a new level of drab. Nice job, Debbie Downer. Semantics shouldn't be a penalty for some guy just posting a simple, cool video.

[@hectora7479]

Pretty sure it’s actually just a dry riverbed, doesn’t look man-made, and in the title it says “Santa Cruz river”. Because there was no water flowing prior to the rain, I’d still consider this a river flash flood.

[@LisaFaiss]

They are referred to as flash floods because these are generally dry washes that can rapidly turn deadly in the Southwest. This IS a mild flash flood. I was at the top of Mount Lemmon which feeds into this wash a decade ago. At the high point of the mountain we passed over a tiny tributary with a trickle of water. Fifteen minutes later we passed back over it and it was raging and knee deep. This same storm swept down through Sabino Canyon not too far away from where this shot was taken and killed two hikers. They are flash floods and to be respected. Many vehicles are swept away by these storms and many lives lost. Take them seriously. This is not a channel. It is one of Arizona’s largest rivers, though drought is making it go more underground and dry much of the year.

[@franpatterson6569]

Consider the fact that homes washed away. ...this is a flood. Not a canal. Real footage of the Santa Cruz.. But then again, there is always one who's " smarter " then the rest. Good luck ty. Stay out of river basins arroyos and never golf during monsoons...😇

[@thelastengineer2315]

Ok nice but you don’t get monsoons in America. Monsoons only occurs in Asia.

[@estelleschneider9033]

And Arizona

[@masterofpuppets5072]

What go educate yourself monsoons in Nevada New Mexico and Arizona

[@franpatterson6569]

Last engineer...you shouldn't speak up if you don't have the FACTS.... monsoonal rains are a FACT in Tucson, Arizona.

[@nancysherburne7445]

@@masterofpuppets5072 Thank you for mentioning other states that experience monsoons as I only know Arizona does. When I moved to Tucson from Westport, Connecticut, in January of 1972, I had never heard of them.

[@franpatterson6569]

Why would you believe that? Arizona Sonoran desert monsoons are a FACT. Easily checked. No excuse for ignorance masquerading as knowledge.