{
  "id": "2024-06-23-yavapai-college-flash-flood-warning-sedona-oak-creek",
  "slug": "yavapai-college-flash-flood-warning-sedona-oak-creek-2024-06-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Yavapai College",
    "shortName": "Yavapai",
    "state": "AZ",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Yavapai Alert",
    "enrollment": 7000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-06-23",
    "type": "flood",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Flash flood warning for Sedona and Oak Creek corridor until evening",
    "headlinePublic": "Flash flood warning for Sedona and Oak Creek corridor until evening",
    "summary": "Yavapai College [relayed a Yavapai County OEM / NWS Flagstaff flash flood warning covering Yavapai and Coconino counties including Sedona and Oak Creek](https://www.getrave.com/rss/yavapai/channel1).",
    "outcome": "Flash flood warning in effect until 7:30 PM MST with avoid-flooded-areas guidance."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-06-23T16:31:49-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "Yavapai County Office of Emergency Management in partnership with the National Weather Service: \n\nFFWFGZ\n\nThe National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nCoconino County in north central Arizona...\nYavapai County in west central Arizona...\n\n* Until 730 PM MST.\n\n* At 430 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain over Sedona. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to\nbegin shortly within the city of Sedona and through Oak Creek from\nSedona to Cornville.\n\nHAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms\nproducing flash flooding.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water\ncrossings, creeks, normally dry washes and roads.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nSedona, Schuerman Mountain Trailhead, Pyramid Moutain Trailhead,\nBaldwin Crossing, Crescent Moon Ranch, Buddha Beach/Red Rock\nCrossing, Cathedral Rock Ranch, Cathedral Rock, Thunder Mountain\nTrailhead, West Sedona, Chimney Rock, Sedona Airport, Little Horse\nTrailhead, Doe Mtn and Bear Mtn Trailheads, Mescal Trailhead, Bell\nRock Trailhead, Devils Bridge Trailhead, Soldier Pass Trailhead,\nPage Springs and Seven Sacred Pools.\n\nThis includes the following swimming holes...\nMidgely Bridge, Buddha Beach \"Red Rock Crossing\", Crescent Moon\nRanch and Mormons Crossing.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nState Route 179 between mile markers 310 and 313.\nState Route 89A between mile markers 367 and 376.\n\nThis includes the following creeks, washes and rivers...\nDry Creek, Oak Creek, Spring Creek and Turkey Creek.\nNWS: FLASH FLOOD WARNING this area til 7:30 PM MST. Avoid flooded areas.\nNational Weather Service: A FLASH FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 7:30 PM MST. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/yavapai/channel1",
      "sourceDescription": "Yavapai College Rave RSS (yavapai/channel1)",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent Rave RSS fetch 2026-08-10. SPN 523.",
        "pubDate 2024-06-23T23:31:49Z; MST applied (June).",
        "Thread checked N/A (RSS single product). Product is county OEM/NWS relay via campus Rave tenant.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-03-13-yavapai-college-multi-day-full-closure and 2026-02-20-yavapai-college-winter-storm-delay-then-close: flash flood vs winter weather products.",
        "Pyramid Moutain spelling preserved from NWS source text."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1929
    }
  ],
  "context": "Yavapai College hosts a Rave feed that includes county OEM/NWS flash-flood products; public feed at [getrave.com/rss/yavapai/channel1](https://www.getrave.com/rss/yavapai/channel1).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Long-form NWS flash-flood relay through campus Rave with avoid-flooded-areas and no-travel guidance."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Yavapai Rave RSS flash flood warning",
      "url": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/yavapai/channel1",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint unavailable or throttled"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "arizona",
    "yavapai",
    "flash-flood",
    "nws-relay"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-10",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-10",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}