ARIZONA STRIP — As if in obedience to the National Weather Service’s 4:42 p.m. Flash Flood Warning for southeastern Washington County, one flash flood coursed through a normally dry wash that runs parallel to Southern Parkway overflowing onto the southern dirt portion of River Road on the Arizona Strip.
No calls were made for emergency services as the area is remote and open land but people traveling the area were turning out to watch it.
“Its growing by the minute and more people are showing up to see this,” Jae Sun wrote in an email. “Flashflood and a dirt road don’t go together. Road may wash away if it keeps growing.”
Sun did catch the full river on video, below, at about 6:30 p.m.
Video courtesy of Jae Sun for St. George News
One hour later, at 7:30 p.m., the river was subsiding and the surrounding area was filled with new ponds and deep wet red mud. The water was still running through the wash with some strength.
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Flash flooding through a normally dry wash running about a mile south of and parallel to Southern Parkway at the dirt portion of River Road crossing. 6:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Jae Sun, St. George News
One hour after flash flooding came up to the road from a normally dry wash running about a mile south of and parallel to Southern Parkway at the dirt portion of River Road crossing. 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
One hour after flash flooding came up to the road from a normally dry wash running about a mile south of and parallel to Southern Parkway at the dirt portion of River Road crossing. 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
One hour after flash flooding came up to the road from a normally dry wash running about a mile south of and parallel to Southern Parkway at the dirt portion of River Road crossing. 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
One hour after flash flooding came up to the road from a normally dry wash running about a mile south of and parallel to Southern Parkway at the dirt portion of River Road crossing. 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
One hour after flash flooding came up to the road from a normally dry wash running about a mile south of and parallel to Southern Parkway at the dirt portion of River Road crossing. 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
One hour after flash flooding came up to the road from a normally dry wash running about a mile south of and parallel to Southern Parkway at the dirt portion of River Road crossing. 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
One hour after flash flooding came up to the road from a normally dry wash running about a mile south of and parallel to Southern Parkway at the dirt portion of River Road crossing. 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
Water coming into drainage pipes beneath River road from upstream, Arizona Strip, 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
Water coming out of drainage pipes beneath River road heading downstream, Arizona Strip, 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
Flash flooding subsiding downstream from River road from upstream, Arizona Strip, 7:30 p.m. July 12, 2013 | Photo by Joyce Kuzmanic, St. George News
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