July 23rd, 2020 - Rainbow Wash Flash Flood
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Correction for Linda: CleverDarkElve
Had a heads up on a flash flood coming down the Rainbow Wash near Old Highway 80 south of Buckeye after storm were kinda sucky. But they had been building/training over the Buckeye area, a flash flood warning went up and as I drove across Rainbow Wash, it was dry and huge, so I decided to check what the warning said and it was for that dang wash! So I messaged my friend Daniel Henz at the Flood Control District and he said sure enough, 3.5-4ft high of water was coming down.
Fun to catch this on a lousy chase day!
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Great film, glad u recorded it. My brother in law was living in N Mexico yrs ago and told me of a time he and an old man were cutting firewood in a dried streambed when the old man said it was time to get and pointed to a storm miles away. While drinking beer kicking back he heard a deep rumble getting louder then the flood came. Gave him a new respect for how quickly things can change there
This makes me appreciate the flash flood warnings I hear on tv and radio ,
Those flash floods start out at a snail's pace but they get pretty intense quick. I've seen Vekol wash start like that and within 20 minutes the channel is so full it's nearly hitting the bottom of the bridge on I-8. Cool stuff!
Yeah, I've tried to catch one there too, not easy...was flowing insane a few years ago.
Many years living in central AZ, only saw the signs, but never the water. Thank you!
Love your videos! I grew up in Rainbow Valley. Back in the 70s and 80s there were lots of 100 year floods and I think we had a 1000 year flood 1980. I haven't seen rain like that ever since. Keep up the awesome vids. Thank you for sharing.
Yes indeed, from bone-dry to standing-wave in about 30 seconds. THAT, boys and girls, is why you do NOT camp out in a wash in the desert.
Absolutely brilliant film work, & even better editing (with zero additional crappy music sounds - that others abuse, to spoil their videos)
The sound of the water tumbling over it's debris plug, as well as the sound of your voice trying to vie for space as it happens - as well as the choreographed time-lapse shots at the end - made this video one of (if not the best) & absolutely pleasant in ever aspect - to watch and admire and hear..
Appreciate that!
It's Friday night and I am looking at flash flood videos on the internet.
I need friends.
It's okay, flash floods are cool :)
Hi from Australia 🇦🇺.
Since binge watching your videos, other videos popped up. However , NO ONE CAN MAKE A STORM DANCE THE WAY YOU DO MIKE . Thank you for all the hard work . 👍
Awwww, Brenda, that means so much, thank you!!!
Floated Hells Canyon in July one year. About ten of us set up camp at the designated area. Huge thunderclouds about and it started raining hard. Most of the guys set up their tents on a nice wide flat beach, mine was in a higher rocky area where I set up to cook for everyone. I hung a rubber boat between 2 trees and was watching the storm, everyone else in their tents. High up on the canyon wall miles from us I could see a rush of water cascading over the cliffs. 20 minutes later their was a roaring sound and I looked up and realized the nice beach was the mouth of a great wash. I ran and roused the tenter's just in time, the wall of water with logs and brush was 20 feet high and came across with such velocity it crossed the Snake river and swept up the other side 200+ feet. Wish I had that on camera!
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Great time laps at the end👍🏼 It allows better observation and study of turbulent flow.
Great job 👏🏽👍🏼
I am a retired dispatcher from the City of Las Vegas Dept of Public Safety. A number of years ago, we had a flash flood similar to this hit the NW side of Las Vegas and one of our city fire trucks got caught in it. A police helicopter had to be called to rescue them ... too funny! That just added to the natural rivalry between cops and fire fighters.
Oh wow, I might remember that! Nevada can get some nutso floods when it rains good!
That storm produced a very respectable flow in a short time.
Even more impressive when the video was shot from ground level.
Not knowing the terrain, I assume these washes just flow and gradually
lose themselves in the surrounding desert.
I love watching this wash, David rankin set the bar years ago when it comes to intense flash floods heh, but yours is really nice as well :)
Nathanael Newton haha he sure did but it was a lot of fun!
Cool! We get these a lot here in the Ozarks. I live up a hill from a dry creek that floods four or five times a year. The time lapse turned out really pretty cool!
Wow! Lived here all my life and haven’t seen one from the beginning before. The sky didn’t even look that threatening. You can see how people downstream could easily get in trouble if not careful.
Well, it HAD been threatening before, lots of rain, but yeah, when it clears out, you think all is well.
I don’t care you are using your phone. Just so glad you got it!! Thanks for sharing! Also , thanks for mentioning your friend’s channel. Finally found it! 🤣😂
total movie suspense felt on that bone dry to river in seconds, wow, , right place right time. mother nature cannot ever be stopped and water must always find its level, great video., congrats on the mega discovery, just photo's really well in my opinion.
Wow. It doesn't look like it's moving fast, until it is! Awesome to see. Thanks for posting this. I have a friend who used to work in Flood Management for Maricopa County. This is why she was needed!
Oh awesome, I'm friends with Daniel and Chandra who work there, great people!
@@MikeOlbinski
I was curious to see what kind of mess was left on the road after it had passed.
I've seen two flash floods in my years and one thing you also don't forget is the smell...its like the dry riverbed gives up the aroma of its dust. Similar to rain as it starts on dry pavement. It's enjoyable the whole experience if you aren't being swept asunder!
That's impressive! I'm up here in St. Johns and we sometimes have pretty good flooding. Thanks!
some farmers said they only get a flash flood there 1-2 times a year, so kinda of a rare event.
Q: what's the best camera to film a flash flood with?
A: the one you have with you.
Looking at the wash beforehand, I would think you could pour a whole bucket of water on the ground and it would sink in and vanish instantly. Yet here, abundant water flows over it and keeps flowing without letup.
Definitely a lot more than a bucket! But yeah, so cool how that works!
Its Amazing how it starts out so gentle and seems roll in softly,... then it builds up to this roar!
Hmmmm. Most flash usually have a lot of debris at the front but this one didn't have the usual sticks and tree branches that a lot of them have. Great video. Love your enthusiasm about the subject.
Yeah, it was pretty wide too, so maybe that was part of it
Hey Mike, fun day yesterday! Appreciate the shout out! Sometimes things just work out, even on meh days! (Just FYI it's CleverDarkElve, not elf.)
CRAP lol
Google suggests the correct spelling 🙂
So what I didn't appreciate about the volume of water coming was that the front stream of water was being rapidly absorbed by the sand and gravel. It was only after the river bed was saturated did the actual volume of water follow with volume and energy.
I hope you lapse it, it's better watching the sky move on opposite direction of the flow! Great catch! Hope you caught that tornado in AZ today! Smiles and blessings...
Showed a sneak of the timelapse at the end of this :) And no, missed the tornado in Kingman, would have been a miracle had I been there, and actually two other landspouts near Phoenix too!
So cool!! I'm happy for y'all being able to catch it! This may be a dumb question, but why didn't the state build a bridge over that section, just in case of this very thing? At any rate, this was an awesome video!
I've driven past this point on Old Hwy 80 without even noticing Rainbow Wash. Thanks for making it real.
haha you got it :)
I wanted to see more! Thanks for the video.
hi mike...
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that is a so pretty wonderful water flash on the river time...
nice weather
As you can see, it doesn’t have to be raining. It can rain miles away and sweep right through without warning. You can easily drown here. It doesn’t look that bad from the road, so don’t try to cross!
I find it absolutely fascinating!
Great video, I work for flood control and people always say it doesn't flood in Phx area well here is the proof. Great catch! This is what people need to see and understand yes it happens.
great video well-done from a Skywarn spotter I love the weather been here all my life never gets old
That was incredible. Amazing timing and great video. Any idea how long something like that would go on for? I assume it was a single rain event in the catchment area.......
No idea, but I expect a few hours. And yeah, was about a 90 minute event of rain from training storms that dropped about 1.5" I believe. All but cleared up by the time we saw the flood!
Welcome to Arizona in July. Been there done that.
I have the t-shirt.
Bonjour, merci pour tes productions exceptionnelles
Merci!
really like the pace of these videos! Keep them coming
Amazing the contrast in the colours that change throughout this
Yeah, pretty awesome!
Well done. That was indeed a beaut. Nice shout out to David Rankin too. Classy. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Pat! David is awesome :)
Love your work brother! Should come chase in Alberta sometime.... things are really getting hairy around here. Stay safe.
Would love to except you guys hate us right now lmao :) Yeah, I do need to but whenever your season is cranking, the monsoon is cranking down here and I usually have stuff going on needing me here for it.
Mike Olbinski love for all humanity! ❤️🌍😎🤙 I appreciate you responding man!
Sector scan radar: Back and forth, back and forth.
For the Geo-curious: 33.186480° -112.704323°
I don't know, I thought the pointing thing was pretty good
haha, thank you :)
Nice video. No problem with wind; natural sound is best.
Thanks! I love the sound of wind on videos, but that's just me haha
Its like the water has a living entity ravelling inside it's quanta!
I'm surprised that that part of the highway doesn't have bridge over the wash.
Had to quit looking cause the frequent left-right camera motions were giving me motion sickness.
This is how I remember monsoon season being. Floods and rain all the way into late summer then fall was just around the corner.
How did this flood originate? What is the war we source? I guess mountains, but I do see see any on the video. Storm?
What is the blue line overlaying the start of the timelapse?
Does the flood damage the road much? Also, do they need to bring in heavy equipment to clean up the debris, or does it not really pile up on the road surface?
good catch. did you sit for the whole thing? or just the main water.?
Just the main, it woulda been hours
not something I get to see, like, ever. cool, thanks for posting this!
You are welcome!
How long do these floods usually last?
So, those guys from SRP(?) Knew it was coming. I figured they have to have some sort of monitoring system for that wash, do you know if there is such a thing that we can see? Id love to see one of these in person as well!!
Was actually a Maricopa Department of Transportation...they had heads up from the Flood Control District, which had a flood gauge on the wash. They knew about 3.5 ft of water was coming down.
Where's your kayak when you really needs it? Just imagine the thrill of riding this surge until it hits some big water.
I get it. Water seeks its own level.
Oh man, that sounds like a flat earther reference.
@@mtnbiker014 - You're joking, of course.
2 questions...
1) when its over, does it just kind of trickle out or just stop?
2) where does the water all go do? Other rivers or dry lakes or where?
Thanks
Just flows down the river until it slowly dies out
Good footage. Thanks!
*what the ants see when I turn on the hose in my garden:*
I love your work even though I'm not a guy. Thanks for telling us about CleverDarkElf, too!
Thank you! What does that mean? Is it because I said "guys"? You know that's not how people mean it when they say it right? I do try to avoid using that word in tutorials and stuff when I have time to think, but stuff on the fly...people use that term all the time, including women haha. Anyways, I mean nothing by it, appreciate you watching.
@@MikeOlbinski -- I know it's a hard habit to let go of since it's okay in this culture for everyone to be a guy, even women. But I've worked many years at not being a guy so when I hear smart, thoughtful people using the term, it irritates me. One day, it will be equally fine to call everyone (including men, who would accept it without question!) "gal" or "gals", and wouldn't that be nice!
Well...I think there are a lot of things we need to change in society, but this seems like something innocent that isn't as bad as all the stuff out there that is rightly needing to be changed. I just don't think it's meant as a "male" term when it's said at all. It's a generally term when people talk to lots of other people address them. I get there are people with your viewpoint and I respect that, and I definitely have actually tried to use other words when I'm in these situations, just know in my heart, I don't mean anything at all when I say that word other than all of you AWESOME people who follow me and are watching :)
@@MikeOlbinski -- you're an artist and your heart and mind are both in a great place! Maybe when a woman is president and she is among a group of people they will be called "you all", "friends", or no helper word will be used at all, "you know?", because suddenly it will be obvious that she's not a guy at all (and we don't want her to be one, either). I hope your monsoon strengthens but treats you well. We finally had a good rain last night, and the clouds at the moment are looking like they enjoy trying to be thunderheads.
Unfortunately people are offended with anything now a days which I feel is the bigger issue of our society rather than properly gender addressing when everyone knows what ‘you guys’ means. Spend your time fighting bigger battles like winning souls not the approval of others.
crazy to see just how much rain the monsoon storms drop
This one went nuts and trained right over that area for an hour, that's lot to fall in a dry desert
Watching this before going night night here in the wash. That would be a pretty bad way to wake up.
What wash lol
@@MikeOlbinski A Hualapai tributary, excellent service here, thanks for the video!
How long did this last?
Well this looks like a fun hobby!
I can't wait to see this footage in the next climate change apocalypse movie: Sometime After The Day After The Day After Tomorrow (because they have to keep postponing the end of days since their schedules keep getting screwed up)
haha :)
Is this headed to the Colorado river?
Well it was 2 years ago, so I think it's died out by now
@@MikeOlbinski funny. Curious if this flow would make it to the Colorado or dry up prior. Pretty cool scene.
@@shobuddy haha, sorry, I don't think it would get very far, this was just SW of Phoenix, with the hot sun, it would dry out soon.
That must have been quite the storm
Excuse me for asking but why was the highway built through the wash instead of building a small bridge over it?
Because it costs way more money to do that than to worry about a flash flood that only happens 1-2 times a year :)
Hi Mike, I'd like to witness this in person. How does one know when they expect the flash flood. I'd like to try to get out there this year as it just started. Any insight would greatly be appreciated.
Well, they are tough, but you gotta learn the washes, find out where you can view flood control/flow gauges and watch where the storms form, how much rain they drop and then watch the flow meters!
and all the stuff like trees, rocks etc, in the water, you never drive through one when its crossing the road
Impressive Mike!
What happened to all the firewood that usually comes at the beginning of the flood? Nice video, thanks for posting.
Fascinating. Do they stop as abruptly?
Nope, just a slow fade I'm sure
At 4:18...look for a perspective - compare the water flow to the two men standing by the road. wow!
Should have come down to Tucson yesterday, CDO wash was running with black water from the Big Horn fire. I had close to 2 inches of rain here in Oro Valley. Be safe and well.
Yeah, saw all that flooding! So nuts! I got down to Eloy, but the Tucson stuff was pretty early so never made it down there.
On TV every year you see ppl on the roofs of their car awaiting rescue from trying to cross this stuff. Never learn. Miss monsoon season in AZ!
How deep you think it was?
It would be helpful if readers were told where Rainbow Wash, Old Highway 80, etc are located.
I mean, a simple Google search would solve this for you
Right about the time the water appeared it started raining here where I'm viewing. This video gets a "like".
so what I would like to know is how long does it last before it subsides. and they get the road back open?.
Holy smokes. That's a lot of water.
Wow! From dry wash to a raging river in a matter of minutes! Heed those warnings.
Yes!
Why didn't the dept. of transportation install reinforced concrete boxes under the highway?? Clearly this has happened before.
I think it was reinforced, the highway was fine
Why is there no bridge there? Is it just not worth it because there is very rarely any water?
Yes, only happens 1-2 times a year if that
Would be cool to go to we’re it all started from cause that would be dry at some stage and watch it in reverse
Pretty cool. Completely different from what we have around here, south of Chicago in northwest Indiana
You did a great job.
How far does it go before it simply dries up in the sand??
No idea...slowly just stops I assume
The earth is replenishing itself. Thanks to the water management workers. Just wish we could hire enough workers or volunteers? to cover all the road crossings.
Why is there not a bridge here or at least many big culverts?
Money
THE UNBEATABLE FORCES OF NATURE !!! COOL VIDEO !!! THANK YOU !!!
YOU MIGHT HAVE SAVED SOME LIVES BY DOCUMENTING THIS .
Haha you mentioned David Rankin, the classic flash flood youtuber
Of course :)
What town is this near? Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff?
west of Phoenix near Buckeye
When you got Darude Sandstorm playing in the background.
HEY LINDA! I've been wanting to catch one of these!
Great job!