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Flash Flood — Navajo, AZ

Jul 24, 2021

Deep monsoon moisture over northern Arizona and an area of low pressure moving over the area from the east brought more thunderstorms with heavy rain, flooding, and at least one funnel cloud. A mesoscale convective complex formed late in the day and kept thunderstorms going through the night and into the morning of July 25.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 979254). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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