SEDONA ORDERED TO EVACUATE — Oak Creek Rises 12 Feet in One Night

Oak Creek tore through Sedona, Arizona on Sunday morning, November 1. The federal stream gauge in Sedona went from about 220 cubic feet per second on Saturday night to 16,200 on Sunday morning, and the creek rose about 12 feet in a single night. It is the biggest flood on Oak Creek at Sedona since 2004, and only three floods on record ran higher (1993, 1995 and 2004). The city moved neighborhoods to SET at 7:15 a.m. and to GO at 7:45 a.m.: zones 8, 9 and 10 along the creek, from Uptown Sedona to Chapel Road, including the Villas at Poco Diablo, the Oak Creek Mobilodge and the Rancho Sedona RV Park. Sedona Fire called in extra crews as water rescues piled up, the walkway under the Tlaquepaque bridge closed, and ADOT shut down I-17 between Flagstaff and SR 179. Downstream, Oak Creek at Cornville reached 18,500 cfs and the Verde River at Clarkdale jumped from about 80 to 23,600 cfs. Tucson got 1.75 inches of rain in two hours under a flash flood warning, and another 1 to 4 inches could fall across northern and central Arizona before Monday. Turn around, don't drown. Figures as of late Sunday morning, November 1, 2026 (USGS data are provisional). CHAPTERS 00:00 — Sedona Ordered to Evacuate 00:38 — 220 to 16,200 Overnight 01:16 — The Forecast Missed by Hours 01:56 — Zones 8, 9 and 10 02:35 — People Trapped in Their Homes 03:09 — Tlaquepaque Underwater 03:45 — Hotel Driveway Swallowed 04:22 — Third Flood in Three Weeks 04:55 — Biggest Since 2004 05:33 — Cornville and the Beaver Creeks 06:04 — Verde River Explodes 06:42 — I-17 Shut Down 07:20 — Tucson Flash Flood Warning 08:00 — Why Arizona Keeps Flooding 08:38 — 1 to 4 More Inches 09:13 — Not Finished Yet #Sedona #OakCreek #FlashFlood #Arizona