MONSTER FLASH FLOOD intercepted north of Phoenix, Arizona
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- Monster flash flood intercepted with the flash flood guru David Rankin in New River, AZ just north of Phoenix! Monsoon insanity continues across Arizona and New Mexico with historic rainfall. Another major wave of heavy rain and storms is on the way for tomorrow. These flash floods have an incredible distinctive smell!
The smell of desert rain is unbeatable.
Ahhh, so welcome, the rain, when ya live In The desert
Agreed brother.
It's actually the creosote plants that you are smelling and it's amazing for sure!
Creosote and sage. Growing up in Yuma, you could always tell where the storms were coming from. If it smelled like seawater or salt, the storm was coming up from El Gulfo de Santa Clara. If it smelled of creosote or sage then it was coming from across the desert either from El Centro or from Phoenix. If it smelled like dust, you closed up everything and made sure nothing could fly cuz a good haboob was coming.
I learned 20 years ago that the proper response is, "YEAH it is."
Why live in s desert?
So beautiful how the dry desert is getting water. It’s so satisfying.
Not so satisfying for the people here right now(me)🙃
At the same time SO SAD how the rain forest in the Pacific northwest is dying because of the mega drought
@Jay Snake historically human civilization has been based around rivers so kinda makes sense but it’s sad. We need to build smarter so these people don’t have to rebuild their home every wet year that comes.
@@edsamjr You have been watching to much MSM, Main stream media. Our forests are not dying. The snow just melted a few weeks ago after the "historic" heat wave. This was at the 5500 foot level, where the Mt Rainier Lodge is located at. NO MEGA drought here. Snow pack was over 100% this last season.
@@edsamjr Earth is a living thing. It has it's ecosystems. River dry up, tides change, creatures die out, new ones are born, etc. That is natural. Humans are just another animals to nature and Earth.
I love Arizona born and raised I will never leave. When the rain drys it’s play time with all the toys 🚵🏽♀️🎯🚌🛻🏍
Some of the best playgrounds around.
What toys? Your rubber ducky?
@@whenlambo9759 🦆🦆🦆🦆
Don't you go crazy from the heat? I guess you're used to it
90+ degrees at night is not for me, nor 100+ during the day for days and days.
and that is why you don't want to camp in low lying areas........
Why you really should not camp during summer here in AZ. Just because it is not raining where you are at doesn't mean it is not pouring somewhere up North and all the water runs down hill. Too many slot canyons and box canyons that can become death traps during monsoon season. I love the Sonoran Desert. It is where I was born and raised but I also know from years of roaming, hunting and camping, the desert, regardless of time of year, will kill you if you are not careful. Camping on what appears to be high ground may not be that in the event of a sudden squall. AZ really is a truly beautiful and savage garden and as long as you educate yourself and take necessary precautions, the amount of fun and natural beauty you can have here is limitless. I have lived in numerous places courtesy of Uncle Sam(Air Force Brat and Marine Wife) but AZ has been and will always be home for me. There is nothing like it anywhere!!!
@@corkycobon1481 yep...that is what i said... don't take chances..... just because you can't see the danger, doesn't mean it is not there.
And if you do, don't let your cooler float away!!!🤦♂️
No, it is why Igloo is the leading cooler seller
I've lived in Tucson Arizona, for 27 years, and I finally saw a flash flood in person.
Have yet to see the last one that rolled through northwestern communities. Canada de Oro looked semi-full yesterday.
Now that's dedication. Filming while running backwards from a flash flood.
More like stupid
Yeah stupid
Darwin worthy.
This is just a wash filling up, good example of how flash floods happen though
@@chadingram6390 Good epitaph.
I still remember when I moved to Tucson, my dad asked how we like the river and of course my sister and I was wondering where the water. We learned to never cross a wash with running water real quickly by listening to what we were told
They have been flowing pretty good this last week and of course the last few days.
floods rise so fast!! only takes seconds.
listening might save your lives..
Nothing like the smell of creosote and ozone in the desert after a rain. Especially when it hasn't rained in a while and there's a good build up of it. Man I miss it!
Agreed! What an incredible smell. Craving it now
Is that creosote the same stuff they dip fence posts in to keep them from rotting?
That's where my cooler ended up.
Sorry man, losing a cooler can be... Rough 😔✊ (joke)
😂
Sorry for the loss
😂😂😂funny
So the beer is being delivered down stream.
They call it a “wash” where water rushes after a good drenching storms in dry areas in the southwest.
I've heard that term, as well as "gully washer".
Short for a river bed
Davenport. /Sofa /couch
Soda/pop
..and right now the entire world gets washed... China, Mexico, London, Germany, India...
Because it gets washed every now and then. 😎😁😆
Huh. I never thought why do we call them washes
There’s a reason they warn you to stay away from that
This is taking place in a town in Arizona called no other than New River; Go figure.
It floods a lot in New River.
It started with skunk creek
New River is a bastion of Liberty in the desert. Try it, you’ll like it.
Wtf happened to old river
Old river is there most of the year, replaced by a new river each time it rains.🤣🤣🤣
Is this recent as in summer 2021 because if so that's a great sign. The western US is in moderate to severe drought this summer. Good to see Arizona getting dumped on
@@glittertoons63 what happened?
This is pretty usual for monsoon weather in Phoenix. Flooding, people get stuck trying to cross places they shouldn't, it's messy for a bit.
There was virtually no monsoon last year. Been here 40 years and never have seen this! I watched this storm come from the north which is not the pattern of monsoon weather. Without a doubt this was engineered. It was a blessing for the fruit trees and the Trump rally!
Problem is you don’t want all that rain all at once as is happening in numerous places globally this year.
Crazy how one minute it's a desert and the next minute it's a raging River
Hahaha exactly!
Great footage. The flash floods are both beautiful and terrifying.
Holy cow !!! Great footage Reed
4:26 the conveyor you're under is not designed to have water like that rushing around the small footings. Not smart.
It is part of a sand and gravel operation and will do just fine.
Great observation! You’re right.
Thats a AZ desert hairy scorpion, the latin name is Hadrurus Arizonensis. Largesr scorpion species in North America. Nice find!
🏃🏼♀️
look at the Big Brain on Brad...
what about the Arizona GOPigs ? Arizonian Swine ?
AWESOME VIDEO! Boy, you guys were lucky to have caught the start of the monster flash flood in that area.
From my camping experiences, I'm pretty familiar with the deserts here in California, and I learned fast that one needs to keep track of the weather forecast via a radio so your 4x4 doesn't get trapped in a wash that suddenly starts filling up with rapidly moving water which almost happened to me and my ex-husband when it began to rain unexpectedly while we were in Horse Canyon, and the only way back to civilization was to drive back through the water of Horse Creek.
Amazing interception, Reed! The power of a flash flood can be even more destructive than a tornado.
And this is just one of the reasons mother nature is undefeated
So all those rivers in the desert are completely dry except for when it rains then they flood from bank to bank wide with water and what? They’re dry again like a day later? There must not be any fish out there lol
It’s a desert
There is a huge lake that fills up every 20 years and they stock it with bass. It usually last at least 5 years.
Many are dry year around except for monsoon rains; others, like the San Pedro, usually retains at least some water all year. Not this year.
Its yucky in Arizona, dont come.
@@jimanders9971 I lived there for u years and I thought it was pretty there in some places. I liked the desert. The problem is the heat. The whole time I was there it hit 120 1 time… now you guys have that for a week or more. I came back to Washington state and never thought I’d look forward to rain when I moved from where to Az lol.. I left my X there though…he hates it there hahaha.
Damn! Those monsoons are real
This was just rain. Monsoons are bigger and accompanied by huge dust clouds lasting only an hour or two. This resulted from showers and sprinkles over the last two days.
Did that dude just say "mondo"? Hello fellow late 80s / early 90s kid!
The restaurant chain Taco Del Mar sells a Mondo Burrito haha.
@@PNW_Car_Mods Nice! I haven't heard that word in decades. :-D
I love the random cooler, flowing down the stream, with the rain water!, classic!
*Damn, l wouldn't be that close, that takes a lot of* ⚽️⚾️
or no brain
I think he's swinging on the metal frame off-camera.
He’s really chasing the beer from the cooler.
Oh the memories this brings back of the monsoons . The river is dry hot and arid one minute and flooding the next. The Agua Fria used to run like that. Before they put bridge in on Hiway 80/85 we would be cut off from Phoenix . Ahh the memories.
Roadrunner 17 lee- the aqua Fria ran hard during the 1970’s I remember when it wiped out the 35 th ave bridge going to Broadway. Not once but twice.
"The times, they are a changin'". 🎶
Finally getting a good monsoon. This is life in the desert. Feast or famine.
As dangerous as they can be, it's so nice to see. We really need this water. Thanks Reed
central California is in that sweet spot where we get no relief at all
Aww 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾4 relief to come ya'll way
Pray the monsoons cause WET T STORMS THIS YEAR ...NO DRY STORMS!
REEEED you caught some great footage here in AZ! Way to cover some incredible flash flooding!
Whoever said " weak as water" never saw water like this
World: floods in europe, india, china
Reed: i need to find a flood
Good 1! Lol
He was twiddling his thumbs without a tornado to run into.
well, now's the time to pack rope or bungee cords in your trunks or trucks so that if someone gets caught up in massive amounts of rainfall you can use the rope to help someone get out of a flash flood rather than hurting them. Good that you caught it, Reed. Thanks.
Bungee cords?
No, it's a wash flowing, like they always do...the only mass flooding and unusual was Flagstaff.
I live in Phoenix. What you have written is incorrect. Try again.
The Rillito wash was full 4 days ago and man you didn't want to be anywhere near it.
It's amazing how much rain Arizona gets and freaking southern California gets crap of rain.
So Cal gets plenty more rain.
Think that's why it's called "New River"? Every time it rains you have a new river. Wonder how much gold is moving around:)
It must be that heavy rainfall, that’s why it’s a river flood
I use to deliver for UPS out there. It’s a mud pit when it rains there. The Desert Hills area is pretty bad with rain too. Lots of money there. They might have fixed there roads though by then. This was a while back
Gold don't move much.
@@philwhipple4557 Guess it all fell out of the sky? where it lands is where it stays? Missed that in my geology class.
Storm Total Rainfall is off the charts!! Thanks for sharing this!! Safe travels!!
After watching videos of the '11 Japan tsunami, the title of this video made me smile.☺️
You still in AZ? If so I’m in Prescott would love to say hi 👋 also if dominator 4 needs anything lemme know, I work at the Subaru dealer here in Prescott.
Im in az
crv or forester?
@@azdbuk not sure what you mean? Reed drives a forester but oddly I own a crv lol
@@HONDACARGUY just was wondering your opinion hnda vs suby
@@azdbuk oh gotcha haha depends on a lot of things both are good cars but me personally as my TH-cam channels suggests I’m a Honda guy!
When I was in the Air Force in the 80’s, one of the guys had an RC boat that he ran in the street at Davis-Monthan AFB after a monsoon storm.
An amazing show of the force of nature.
Here in New Mexico we have received more rain than I have see in a long time from the monsoon season. It's amazing.
Also there was a Great Wall cloud that formed over chino valley/ Prescott
@@SteveKasian happy to send photos
@@HONDACARGUY No need; Apparently Reed or his "editor" doesn't want anyone to know facts about the weather in the American Desert Southwest. Weird.
@@SteveKasian I understand how rare it is, I have lived here for many many years and wouldn’t post that if it didn’t happen. There are many great photos of it on the Internet for anyone to check out.
@@HONDACARGUY I believe you would. I believe that's pretty much your thing: Posting about things that never happened. I think you're a pathological fibber, and that your screen name isn't even HONDACARGUY. I believe you've commandeered the real HONDACARGUY's screen name and are falsely representing yourself to be him. I believe you've actually kidnapped the origianl HONDACARGUY and are attempting to collect a randsom on him via Grinder and Craigslist Personals. And I believe it's all been coordinated with the Deep State. I know. I know all about it.
Craziness, I live in Pahrump, Nevada a couple hours northwest of you and man that's the biggest flash flood I've seen. We get them here but not that bad. The scorpion was awesome too 🦂🦂🦂
Flash floods in the Arizona area can be extremely dangerous. Back in 79 I lost my younger brother and 4 others that were with him.
Sorry. What a tragedy for him you're family and you
I live in Phoenix. It’s been a wild monsoon season so far. More to come. You know it’s big when your favorite storm chaser Reed shows up.
I live in Tucson, my wife has been video chatting showing me all the rain were getting. Im in Iowa now . Im a long haul trucker. I wish I was home to enjoy the awesome weather there.
My father in law lives in surprise a retired driver himself and I love going out there with my wife to visit and thankfully we've never gotten caught in any flash floods
Surfs up Phoenix style…I’ve been there when this happens during the monsoon season.
Whoa! That's impressive!
Stay safe!
I love the rain in the desert so beautiful such a privilege to have experienced this my favorite monsoon of all times
Nice, they need all of the H2O they can get
Never hurts. We have 10 years plus stored. It's not California type culture
@@kriskoenig4606 - How do you store 10 yrs worth of water? In a long term drought you can’t replenish usage and evaporation.
@@Chainyanker007 underground
Really gives the name "New River" a meaning
Run, boy, run! Great footage! Thank you!
Thanks for the video. Let's new people to the area, flash floods are for real & unsafe!
Judging by the rain we received today, that wash is running constantly today!
Same thing I was thinking
Az was a beach once I think lots of home's builded on dry Riverbeds mobile home park the cemetery flooded in Tuscon !
The ENTIRE west coast could use some that! But I guess we will have our turn soon enough! It does look satisfying though! You’re a brave soul!
Not if it comes down all at once.
Great...you found my cooler!
Thnks!! I'll go chase it now!~
Surely there's a way to get some of this water into a nearby reservoir!
@@user-hf2dr7sh4y Captin dementia doesn't even know what "infrastructure" is.
He's how ever extremely committed to letting millions of unvaccinated illegals into our country.
Most of the time geology is like watching paint dry. This is different!
childhood memories! we use to have the flash floods chase us during monsoon season along the Little Colorado River! we had fun!
That bridge support must have one hell of a footer to sustain that kind of turbulence
Damn I see you got a great picture of my ex wife and she still has her stinger. I moved to Arizona to get away from her. Lmao. Stay safe Reed.
Great capture Reed ~
Good video wow its unbelievable what rain can do in a matter of an hour
Awesome scorpion 🦂🦂🦂
I'd bottle some of that up. There's a drought out there.
We have 10 years stored. They will catch most of it. They do know what their doing here
Sounds like boss told you boys “rain day”
Absolutely! This was unreal! The storms came from the north and had a very odd journey! Fyi monsoons per say come from the south!
Looks like these people are enjoying themselves!
Nothing like monsoon rain aromas like wet creosote Bush. The smells of the air as the clouds dumping rain slowly move in your direction bringing anticipation of long awaited wetness. Sometimes it's all destructive but most times it's nurturative. Love the sight of cleansed trees n vegetation n hopefully some of those nasty ants getting washed away, far away.
Hopefully they will try to conserve some of that water later days.
We live around 2 minutes away from here lmao, a straight up river was in our front yard twice.
I own ten acres in Arizona, and a corner of it is considered a "wash". It becomes a really green area and a magnet for wildlife when we have decent monsoon rains like this year. Part of my property becomes a raging river for awhile, followed by plants and animals I seldom get to see. I also go rockhounding once things dry up, and find some amazing treasures that have washed through and been left behind. I have a collection of beautiful minerals, including some petrified wood, even a fully intact coyote skull. As for the scorpions, I have sat outside at night and passed a black light over the yard outside my back door... loads of them show up in the light, creepy as heck, just sitting out there. Now and then, I get inundated with toads after a heavy rain. So many toads that I actually can't step outside without squishing one. Yuck.
What an incredible post! Your property sounds like a beautiful place, full of nature
One of the few flash flood videos, that I have seen, where the person filming didn't gibber nonsense.
Thank you.
I always think about how much new gold nuggets the floods spread out.. and I find a lot of them every winter, in places I already cleaned out the year before .. Love the rain. Hate the death they cause...
SUMMERTIME MONSOON ⛈ season
Dont ever attempt to drive thru these waters...
Here it comes…. Thank you! I couldn’t tell. Love the heavy breathing. Nice touch
I got a flash flood warning when I was watching this 😂😂
I feel bad for that scorpion. Probably had a pack it rolled with. Family and all. Now it's just kinda wandering around like WHAT THE HELL?
Scorpions freak me out big time!
@@randallsmerna384 I've been living in Phoenix for 3yrs now. I've seen maybe 3 lives one, with only one being an adult. The baby ones are the ones to worry about, I hear. The adults inject you, but the small ones inject you NONSTOP and can't control it. People find them in their beds, as I've seen on Facebook a few times. SCARY! They could kill you in your sleep!
Arizona is in a severe drought so, we could really use the rain.
Isn’t Arizona always a drought? lol
@@Amazingperson-ur8iz YEP!!!!! Hell, the entire western USA is a large drought..........
Nothing out of the cyclic norm. Pay no attention to the news, it's all lies.
@@southernoregonprospector9074 honestly, how would you know?, your profile name states that you're in Oregon. All of our bodies of water, were at half capacity, idk what it is now?, due to the rain.
@@hannahsenior5124 being a 25 year long former resident of Las Vegas, I'm well aware of the monsoon cycles of the southwest. The fact is that the rivers did not stop flowing, but the man made reservoirs and their levels ARE controlled, either by use, or simply opening or closing the gates to let the level go up or down. It's a great way to create fear, and since nobody can remember any amount of time these days, people buy into the fear hook line and sinker. I've seen Lake Mead at lower levels than now, and it wasn't that long ago...I've also seen it flowing over the spillways. The Earth's climate go's through cycles, plain and simple...but cycles are fact, not fear, and fear is needed for control.
i remember seeing the sign "do not cross flashflood occurs" post by the SALT RIVER PROJECT department. the creek or washbasin looks so harmless until the rush came from nowhere like torrential rushing water coming at untold speed. a flash flood is very common in desert Arizona. also when nightfall, the temperature could drop very cold. always have a blanket with you. plenty water and blankets.
WOW that is impressive! Thanks for getting such great footage!
Extremely common to have those flood waters there.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
Hello???
scales removed, wow, one second I'm watching a flash flood video and the next second I'm in church. At least today's Sunday.
@@jeanettelebarron3306 ditto on hello???
What I talkin bout???
@@draintheswamp1588 😄😅
Flash flood watching is fun lol I grew up partly in the foothills mountains in San Bernardino CA Lived right next to a Creek called watermen canyon as a Young boy I would sneak out and watch the Flash floods boulders rumbling Logs and earth turning I Loved feeling that power and smelling that Earthy smell lol I was a Strang Kid..
Stay Safe and Stay Aware and Prepared 💯🙏🏽🙏🏽
they need a divert culvert to a reservoir. save all the water possible. and i would look for gold as soon as possible🇺🇸🍉🍺🌮
The washes in New river drain into the Agua fria River which flows into lake pleasant. It's been below capacity for awhile so this will help a lot.
GOD'S MERCY, BLESSINGS AND GRACE TO ALL.
Until it turns into judgement. Ask Germany, Indonesia, China, Switzerland, Austria, Brazil, Mexico, Africa, Netherlands, Belgium, Iraq, Iran. ALL having devastating floods. Historical.
@@jdaze1 - Climate Change/Global warming is upon us. Higher atmospheric temperatures mean higher moisture content, when it eventually condenses you have sudden excessive rainfall which causes flooding. Expect much more and worse in the years to come.
@@Chainyanker007 Yes. God controls the weather.
Seeing these flash floods reminds me of when I'd make mini flash floods in the dirt of my front yard as a kid when we had no grass yet.
Stay Safe Reed ….😳😳😳 Oooo MY
Reed!! Gizmo needs her Daddy and you’re giving us a heart attack!!
Get out the gold pans 😂🤣great capture ⚡⛈☄⚡💧🌊
The first thing my buddies told me when I moved to the southwest from Washington state was-
DON’T CAMP IN DRY WASHES OR GULLIES!
They weren’t kidding!
Sweet man! I was watching a funnel form over Santa Fe, NM while you were uploading this. As the dark cloud passed, a bright yellow full moon popped up over the mountains. Pretty fun weather evening. If you head back to CO this way, let me know and we can go grab a top notch margarita haha
What is so damn funny that these guys can't stop laughing this is what it's all about man isn't that exciting keep it in your pants it's okay
It's really sad 2 lives were lost here when we got the flash flood on Sunday maci only 4 years old and faith Moore only 16 😢 R.I.P.
Petifile!!!
I’m in Phoenix…amazing how powerful water is…thanks for sharing this
I think I like these as much as the twisters now, thank you:)
Is Rankin Studios alive still?
Flash flooding is not good but it will end up as ground water.
Flash flooding is neither good nor bad, it's just natural.