When they say Flash Flood Warning.......

[pappy19]

better pay attention. This is a very interesting video showing a flash flood in southern Utah from a storm that was 40 miles away. A very cool video.

Pap

http://www.youtube.com/embed/_yCnQuILmsM?feature=player_embedded

[Autocar]

Ive heard of that happening but never seen anything like that, a guy could get in trouble real fast. Thanks for scharing it.

[submarinesailor]

WOW is all I can say!!!!!!!!!!!! smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw

Bruce

[drobertson]

I've seen it, but not like this, ours comes as a slow to fast rise in the low water crossing, pretty cool stuff it must have been to witness without the storms all around,  david

[drobertson]

The most common saying around here is "turn around, don't drown"


  

 
Then there is the only other way to town, and it can be tricky,


  

 
I have seen it worse, my little rabbit sounded like a tug boat back in the mid 80's ,   david

[Larro Darro]

The Chipola River near my house in Calhoun County Florida has been high for weeks. We have had five days without rain in the last forty five days. I have two camps on the river, an old house trailer and an old travel trailer. The river has never got in the trailers, but a few years ago it was about an inch below the floor at about 28.5'. The river crested {again} at 25.17' at noon today. It had fell to 25', seven hours later. I tried to post some pictures of the flood. I got as far as uploading them to my gallery, but never could figure out how to post. Oh well. They were of a bridge with high water around it. And a table coved in water. You know, a flood.

[beenthere]

Nowaday, when they say "Flash Flood" in WI, it means the storm sewers on the streets are plugged and the water will back up in the street. Maybe 6" deep and standing nearly still.
A real misnomer IMO compared to the true meaning of "flash floods" (as shown in this thread).

[m wood]

Did he call that INTENSE??  MY heart was thumping for them, they DO like to be close, dont they?

[Axe Handle Hound]

I would have believed it if someone told that's what it looked like, but I would never have pictured it quite like that on my own.  Really pretty amazing to see how fast that comes on and you can tell by the guy running alongside that trying to outrun a flash flood is not a good idea.

[thecfarm]

Larro Darro.I see 'em in your album, try this.
I like to go to whatever post or start a new topic first to include a picture.Go to your gallery,it will open in a new window.Click onto your album,than click onto whatever picture you want,it will get bigger,than scroll down a little to find,Insert Image In Post,click onto that,click Yes and that is it. Some have to copy/paste the link to work.I like to hit the enter key at least once or twice to move the picture down away from what I am typing. The enter key really helps to leave some white space if posting more than one picture. Somewheres I think it says to add 10,000 to your user number or something like that to make a clickable icon to your gallery under your user name. Use the preview button to see how it looks and modify it if needed.

[petefrom bearswamp]

I never though about the phenomenon of the debris being in the front of the flood.
learn something every day.
Impressive vid.

[drobertson]

No kidding, you see the pretty weather and a dry creek bed, then its' a raging river, this has to be a very cool sight to see in person,  david

[Larro Darro]

This is a test of the Larro picture network. In the event of an actual picture, you can look below.



  

 


It worked!!! Thanks for the help cfarm. I was close, but didn't know to scroll down.

The Chipola fell from 25.17' to 24.4' overnight. The forecast is for it to be back down to 18' by the end of the week. As long as the rain holds off, it looks like I will be alright. But it was raining on me on my way to work.

[drobertson]

Good stuff Larro Darro,  glad you got if figured out, and by the way welcome in, and must say your name is kinda fun to say ;D   david

[Larro Darro]

I picked the name up thirty years ago in the Navy. It has stuck with me so far. Back in my Navy days, they called me Larro the Darro.

[GAmillworker]

This video looks like where I grew up in Arizona.  It would storm up in the white mountains and we would have x amount of time to get out of the way of the flood.  Awesome how a dry creek bed can become so dangerous and deadly so quick.