Northern Arizona weather and flood alerts on Friday, Nov. 13, start with a Pacific storm that, according to the National Weather Service in Flagstaff, raises precipitation chances along and south of the Mogollon Rim, including Payson, Black Canyon City and Bagdad. Northeastern Arizona is expected to stay drier. Flood recovery from the Nov. 1 storms is still underway, even as most evacuation orders in Prescott have been lifted.
This starter page is how Bridge News will track Northern Arizona weather and flood alerts, using official sources: NWS Flagstaff, the Arizona Emergency Information Network, and city and county warning systems. It is not a substitute for a warning on your phone. If a watch or warning is issued for your town, follow that message first.
Where to Check Northern Arizona Weather and Flood Alerts
What NWS Flagstaff was showing on Friday morning
Friday’s Northern Arizona weather and flood alerts from the local forecast office highlighted rain chances south of the Rim, not a new warning for Prescott or Flagstaff. At 7:12 a.m. Arizona time on Nov. 13, the NWS Flagstaff office page pointed to a Pacific storm bringing wind and precipitation to the West. Its local graphic put the highest Friday precipitation chances along and south of the Mogollon Rim. The office’s hazards page did not list a separate watch, warning or advisory text for the Flagstaff county warning area at the time we checked.
- Refresh NWS Flagstaff watches, warnings and advisories before you travel, especially on Rim-country roads.
- A location check for Flagstaff should be repeated if the map changes later in the day.
- Snow can still show up at the highest elevations even when valley towns see only rain or stay dry. Confirm the latest zone forecast rather than assuming yesterday’s storm track.
The Gila River flood warning is farther south
One item that can be mistaken for local Northern Arizona weather and flood alerts is farther south: a flood warning remains in effect along the Gila River, not in Yavapai or Coconino counties. The National Weather Service in Phoenix, in a statement continued at 11:41 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, left a flood warning in place until 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, for releases from Painted Rock Dam. It applies to parts of Maricopa County and northeastern Yuma County, with flow from the dam peaking at 3,000 cubic feet per second and flooding expected along the Gila River, including farmlands and low-water crossings.
- Northern Arizona readers should treat this as statewide context, not a local flash-flood warning for Prescott or Flagstaff.
- The same “turn around, don’t drown” rule applies anywhere water covers a road.
- Official wording is on the National Weather Service flood warning product for that stretch of the Gila.
Local flood recovery and how to get alerts on your phone
Prescott is out of evacuation status, but cleanup and saturated ground remain. The City of Prescott’s Nov. 12 emergency page reported no evacuation alerts, reopened lakes, and two low-water crossings still closed. Sign up for official notices rather than relying on a single social media account.
- Prescott Alert and Genasys Protect, both linked from the city’s flooding page
- The Arizona Emergency Information Network for statewide emergency messages
- NWS Flagstaff at weather.gov/fgz, and county emergency phone lines such as Yavapai County’s 928-442-5103 bank
Our Yavapai County flood recovery update and the Northern Arizona road closures post collect the places still shut because of the last storm, which is the recovery side of Northern Arizona weather and flood alerts. Browse Public Safety & Emergency Services and Community Resources for those follow-ups.
If NWS issues a new watch, warning or red-flag fire alert for Yavapai or Coconino County, send the official product or a screenshot of the NWS page to Bridge News and we will update this log of Northern Arizona weather and flood alerts. Do not wait on us if the warning is already in effect where you live; leave low-lying roads and follow local instructions.
Citations and resource links
These are the official pages to refresh, not just to read once.
