Rainfall up to 3 inches / 75 mm from southwestern monsoon surprised on Friday and Saturday, 16.-17. July 2021 Graham & Cochise counties, Arizona.
Flagstaff, Arizona, was completely flooded, with some captures such from action movies. Floods caused many damages and many people were rescued. Emergency was declared.
The maximum peak of storm activity was observed around Friday, 16. July 2021 afternoon.
Problems are reported from Grand Canyon, too, where 1 died after heavy rains.
In the next period, the heaviest rains are forecasted in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and eastern Nevada, with the next possible flash floods.
Meanwhile, above Rocky Mountains and Northern Plains, the next heatwave was forecasted, with 3-digit temperatures these days.
Hurricane season in eastern and southern USA is giving a break, until the end of July 2021, thanks to dry MJO /https://mkweather.com/better-conditions-for-hurricanes-between-25-july-15-august-the-worst-should-come-in-september-2021-hurricane-season-2021//, but Northeast, Southeast and partly Mid-Atlantic stay very stormy in the next period.
Monsoon in Southwest is already stronger such as in all season 2020 and heavy rains are forecasted furthermore to bother the region. However, in California, Oregon, Washington (and British Columbia), hot and dry pattern is forecasted to persist in the next weeks.
