Growing up camping and being out in nature I thought I knew what a "flash flood" was. Seeing these amazing videos showed me just how little I knew. I love the drone footage. Great way to follow the massive amount of,water and destruction. Thank you.
Having witnessed floods such as these in S. Utah myself, one of the things that is really hard to demonstrate in video is the SOUND of the debris field as it approaches and goes by in the first minutes. You can kind of hear it a little bit in this video but you really have to be there to know exactly what I mean. It's spine-chilling with all the cracking and popping of the wood as it's being ripped apart and tossed around, tumbling and scraping. Crack, crack, snap, snap, crack!
It feels like a jet is crash landing of a small earthquake , I have seen stranded cottonwood logs that are 5-6 feet in diameter. A large piece of basalt was pushed 30 feet from one side of a crossing to another last flood we had , which was not as large as others in the past . The dynamics of rivers change after massive floods , our river has 3 channels in places some from mountains on the left bank, some from mountains in the east which are closer and force more water into the channel
I'd like to see some videos on where these flash floods with debris end up. River, lake, ocean, where ever. Seeing how the debris flow ones disperse when they empty into a body of water would actually be great.
The ones here in central AZ ( Agua Fria river and New River both hit the salt river , but the Agua Fria hits Lake Plesant, the water fills the basin with water and debris. There are lots of wood in there .
Awesome footage from about 1:23 onwards. Most of your videos at least have the name of the stream where the flood is occurring. This one doesn't have a name. More complete and/or detailed location information about where you were when you filmed one of your videos would be valuable; something more than just the name of the wash/stream, i.e. what road you were near when you filmed, etc.
I have been watching your videos on and off as you've added them...I guess for the past 2-3 years maybe? I love flash floods. Looks like you do, too. Nice to see someone actually chase them to get footage.
At 0:35 a couple standing on edge filming in coming flood. They seem to ignore their own precarious position - the earth could just collapse under their feet with the force of onrushing waters and logs of wood.
I love your work! Natures energy is so captivating. I can't imagine being there, it has to be pretty humbling though. I once was witness to a large rock slide in the Sierras Near Yosemite. Boulders the size of cars and large Pine trees snapping like tooth picks. It was incredible, but I have to say I have never felt so small and weak as that moment. Thanks for sharing your work!
David, you've outdone yourself! Your flash flood videos have always raised the hair on my neck. Awesome! (retired, Flood Control District of Maricopa County)
I remember flash floods like this in SW New Mexico as a kid and young adult. It is scary how fast the water comes down these dried washes. Very dangerous .
Impressive! You must have supreme confidence in your drone's reliability - either that or you film praying that it won't lose power right over the flow!
Took an Economic Geography course in college. The professor told a story about someone who went to Arizona and bought land very cheap. Built a house on it and used it as a semi retirement place to go. A major storm hit and when the water from the mountains came down, the man's house was destroyed as he had been sold property in a dry riverbed. The prof said that anytime you purchase land, get a US Geophysical map of the area check it out to make sure your property won't be under water when a rainstorm hits.
Or use a realtor and u should be fine. Also if u finance it the bank will require that it not be in the flood plain or at the least bit the 100yr flood plain!
This is partly an urban myth as most rivers in AZ even if “washes” are easy to see. Sometimes side washes were filled in, I’ve waited for years for one near where I live to wash out but probably won’t happen
Amazing! how do you manage to not get any sound from the drone whatsoever spill into the recording,? do you have the camera hanging on a long sick or something?
we always see flood in action but we never see where all the debris ends up.. I am imagining a mountain of material stacked up on some alluvial fan. But where is it an what does it look like?
So does the flood wave just stop eventually and leave a huge pile of wood? How do you get such a huge pile of wood in such a barren place? Great video.
Been waiting for such footage ever since you got the drone!! Totally awesome just as I thought it would be!! Thanks! Which river/creek/wash was it? (Only few drops in the afternoon in Escalante)
The ones on the Agua Fria come suddenly and take time to slow and eventually dry out to a wash again. Inn2010 we got 13 inches of ram in two days , in January. It took 5 months for the flow of water to dry out . The flood was a result of the cave creek complex fire and a lot of rain. We had another flood in 2014 in August where storms trained in the valley between mountain ranges . Both times the river bridge in town was closed after water topped it . ( I live north of Phoenix in central AZ
Nice video! OK, you've got the drone and the high-res camera. Time for a proper microphone! Audio matters. The constant stream of plasticky noises is just nasty.... :)
It doesn’t happen “every” time it rains . It requires vast amounts of water falling quickly over a short period of time or long steady rains that last for days. Wild fires, drought, human activities and other natural processes can cause or exaggerate flash floods .
@@peterf.229 Well it depends on the place. but i mean no matter where it rains the water has tro go somewhere. Like i live like 10 minutes away from a great lake so i just imagine it all just flows down there lmao.
Great job. No music, no "WOW" from people. Just the sound of mother nature doing her thing. A+ :)
This is the best recorded flash flood I've seen so far, covers the flood in almost all angles.
Growing up camping and being out in nature I thought I knew what a "flash flood" was. Seeing these amazing videos showed me just how little I knew. I love the drone footage. Great way to follow the massive amount of,water and destruction. Thank you.
This footage from the drone is off the charts. Well done!
Having witnessed floods such as these in S. Utah myself, one of the things that is really hard to demonstrate in video is the SOUND of the debris field as it approaches and goes by in the first minutes. You can kind of hear it a little bit in this video but you really have to be there to know exactly what I mean. It's spine-chilling with all the cracking and popping of the wood as it's being ripped apart and tossed around, tumbling and scraping. Crack, crack, snap, snap, crack!
I agree, so hard to do it justice. The boulders shaking the ground as they go by. Its insane.
It feels like a jet is crash landing of a small earthquake , I have seen stranded cottonwood logs that are 5-6 feet in diameter. A large piece of basalt was pushed 30 feet from one side of a crossing to another last flood we had , which was not as large as others in the past . The dynamics of rivers change after massive floods , our river has 3 channels in places some from mountains on the left bank, some from mountains in the east which are closer and force more water into the channel
The sound of all the wood cracking as is stresses and hits each other, its so ominous. I love this video. AWESOME catch!
Time spent in the Utah deserts is good for humans. Brings things into perspective. Thank you for the video!
I'd like to see some videos on where these flash floods with debris end up. River, lake, ocean, where ever. Seeing how the debris flow ones disperse when they empty into a body of water would actually be great.
The ones here in central AZ ( Agua Fria river and New River both hit the salt river , but the Agua Fria hits Lake Plesant, the water fills the basin with water and debris. There are lots of wood in there .
Had to go back and be sure this was drone footage and not some crazy person out in the channel running for his life ahead of the wave😀 great footage.
WOWSA that sure is a Monster debris flow!
I like the way you caught a lot of moving fronts. Also the aerial views were spectacular. And the video was on the shorter side. Good work!
The drone shots really add to these videos, the footage is so good. Thanks for sharing these!
I've only witnessed one flash flood, in person. The power and speed of them demands respect. Well done!
Catch some videos of snow melt flash floods in Switzerland! It will scare the shjt out of u!
I'll never have enough of your videos... Thanks for sharing them!...
Awesome footage from about 1:23 onwards. Most of your videos at least have the name of the stream where the flood is occurring. This one doesn't have a name.
More complete and/or detailed location information about where you were when you filmed one of your videos would be valuable; something more than just the name of the wash/stream, i.e. what road you were near when you filmed, etc.
Just watched your vid from 2013 today and thought I BET THIS GUY WILL GET A DRONE ONE DAY. Yee- YUP! Nicely Done.. or should I say Nicely Drone...
Ron Westad lol
I have been watching your videos on and off as you've added them...I guess for the past 2-3 years maybe? I love flash floods. Looks like you do, too. Nice to see someone actually chase them to get footage.
It so big and so fast it freak me out
At 0:35 a couple standing on edge filming in coming flood. They seem to ignore their own precarious position - the earth could just collapse under their feet with the force of onrushing waters and logs of wood.
Yup standing too close to the edge is not a good idea. The white jeep was parked too close as well
I love your work! Natures energy is so captivating. I can't imagine being there, it has to be pretty humbling though. I once was witness to a large rock slide in the Sierras Near Yosemite. Boulders the size of cars and large Pine trees snapping like tooth picks. It was incredible, but I have to say I have never felt so small and weak as that moment. Thanks for sharing your work!
This is one of very few videos where the name is not an exaggeration of the flood! And no stupid music.
David, you've outdone yourself! Your flash flood videos have always raised the hair on my neck. Awesome!
(retired, Flood Control District of Maricopa County)
I remember flash floods like this in SW New Mexico as a kid and young adult. It is scary how fast the water comes down these dried washes. Very dangerous .
Fantastic drone work lot of fire 🔥 wood there
Guessing a lot is cottonwoods which are bad for fire wood
Love the drone footage. Looks like you have a little more company than normal.
+azdesertdog Thanks!
M o i
Excellent drone video.
Awesome! Another great capture. Thx.
how about going to the place where the flood drops the debris. is there simply a mountain of rubble or what?
I lost a blue Nalgene water bottle upstream a few miles...You didn't happen to see if float by did you? ;)
Awesome work!
Mark Nixon yes but it was to far out to reach it
Get this monetized before this video blows up. Trust me.
+NotsoRandomGaming but not with jukin media
+Jordan Link exactly. Thru are a bunch of thiefs
Storm zek
Excellent video.
Is this Pariah Canyon? Looks like it. Great footage.
Impressive! You must have supreme confidence in your drone's reliability - either that or you film praying that it won't lose power right over the flow!
Took an Economic Geography course in college. The professor told a story about someone who went to Arizona and bought land very cheap. Built a house on it and used it as a semi retirement place to go. A major storm hit and when the water from the mountains came down, the man's house was destroyed as he had been sold property in a dry riverbed. The prof said that anytime you purchase land, get a US Geophysical map of the area check it out to make sure your property won't be under water when a rainstorm hits.
Or use a realtor and u should be fine. Also if u finance it the bank will require that it not be in the flood plain or at the least bit the 100yr flood plain!
This is partly an urban myth as most rivers in AZ even if “washes” are easy to see. Sometimes side washes were filled in, I’ve waited for years for one near where I live to wash out but probably won’t happen
nice film
Awesome video! My only wish is that you had flown the quadcopter up high to get an overview at the end.
+Zoyx Yeah, hindsight is 20/20. Intense moments lol
LOve the drone footage, just following the face of that flow. pretty cool.
Amazing! how do you manage to not get any sound from the drone whatsoever spill into the recording,? do you have the camera hanging on a long sick or something?
Now I know why you don't hike in a canyon when it's going to rain.
It can rain 20 or 30 miles away and still have floods like this
"Hey, Mister! Where's my pup? I threw a stick in the water and he didn't come up!"
Fantastic work. thank you so very much.
realmente incrível, a melhor filmagem de enchente que eu já vi .... parabéns pelo video
Really cool, liked the drone footage.
Bloody great videos mate. Thanks for sharing them all!
cool video. how hard is it to capture footage upstream in a narrower part of the canyon?
Awesome footage. What part of Southern Utah?
+Jason Huckeba Near Lake Powell :)
is that the wash that runs right thru the middle of big water?
@@rankinstudio "Near Lake Powell" covers an awfully large amount of land.
Wow, I thought it was going to get you at one point there.... Nature always wins.......
Good job
How often does this happen. never have seen one before. I live on a hill
Southern Utah covers a lot of territory. Where in southern Utah did this occur?
Это где происходит такая завораживающая красота??? Очень красиво!!!!
Have you ever gone to the end of the flood to see where the hell all that debris went???
Yeah, ends up in Lake Powell
we always see flood in action but we never see where all the debris ends up.. I am imagining a mountain of material stacked up on some alluvial fan. But where is it an what does it look like?
Well, it used to just wash out the Colorado river and into the ocean. Now it's all collecting at the bottom of Lake Powell.
Do you know what a dead fall is? Not all makes it to the ocean etc , look for a sudden turn in the river
So does the flood wave just stop eventually and leave a huge pile of wood? How do you get such a huge pile of wood in such a barren place? Great video.
It knocks down trees and sweeps up broken branches.
Came from the mountains so yahhh :)
It's cool what one little drop of water and a bunch of his buddies can do.
Lots of buddies , idk how many cubic feet of water that river has in this flood
Been waiting for such footage ever since you got the drone!! Totally awesome just as I thought it would be!! Thanks! Which river/creek/wash was it? (Only few drops in the afternoon in Escalante)
your videos are just awesome!....how long does this run of continue, before its normal river again?
rankinstudio
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having never seen one in person, do flash floods stop as suddenly as they start. or do they just kind of fade down?
The ones on the Agua Fria come suddenly and take time to slow and eventually dry out to a wash again. Inn2010 we got 13 inches of ram in two days , in January. It took 5 months for the flow of water to dry out . The flood was a result of the cave creek complex fire and a lot of rain. We had another flood in 2014 in August where storms trained in the valley between mountain ranges . Both times the river bridge in town was closed after water topped it . ( I live north of Phoenix in central AZ
Where does allthis Debri end up ?Does it dam up at the end
Oh... I FINALLY FOUND THE DRONE! Nice.
Ah, see, told ya.
Was this in the Big Water area -- it kind of looks like that area...
I’ve heard of flash floods and the damage they caused but I’ve never seen one in the making
Top! Thx!!👍👍🏌♂️
Do these flash floods dissipate just as quickly?
just beautiful!
Wow! Just WOW!
Where does it end?and the debris what happens to it?
We dont see this in Australia.
note to the camera person. A zoom view of a moving object is not recommended. Its not watchable to the viewer
Great footage!!
hi
can ı use this only 5 second at my local public film.?
Hey, Awesome videos, I'd think this would look amazing in 60fps.
do they get bigger every year?
u see the clouds in the distance, still dumping rain. scary
Nice video!
OK, you've got the drone and the high-res camera. Time for a proper microphone! Audio matters. The constant stream of plasticky noises is just nasty.... :)
Im using a Rode video Mic pro. The noises you're referring to are branches breaking in the flood.
+rankinstudio Is the mic attached to the drone, or are you recording from the ground?
+revZoot The mic is on the ground attached to another camera.
That is a lot of water. I wonder how much water that really is and where it is heading
+TheSupercat91/Justop2013 Lake Powell :)
rankinstudio that's why lake Powell is the only lake that is doing well in the west.
No it’s not , often they have to release water in lakes after these floods
where do all those logs and branches end up?
www.rankinstudio.com/Flash_Flood_FAQ
great content nice work!
Where did this originate?
AMAZING
That's moving pretty fast
"Southern Utah". That covers an awful lot of ground there partner.
wow nice video
We would love to use your video on ABC news - may we have permission with credit to you? Please let me know!
Im already in contact with someone from ABC. :)
To think this happens somewhere literally every time it rains... nature be cray.
It doesn’t happen “every” time it rains . It requires vast amounts of water falling quickly over a short period of time or long steady rains that last for days. Wild fires, drought, human activities and other natural processes can cause or exaggerate flash floods .
@@peterf.229 Well it depends on the place. but i mean no matter where it rains the water has tro go somewhere. Like i live like 10 minutes away from a great lake so i just imagine it all just flows down there lmao.
How high was the headwater wall?
3 to 4 feet. Gravity keeps it from forming a huge "wall". Its more like a giant wave. Gets deeper quick as it passes.
Good thing your drone's battery didn't die
holy shit... Thats fast... Marines die out at 29 palms because of flash floods... out of the blue.. WHAM!!!!
Is that near Wahweap?
It is Wahweap :)
Thanks. Amazing footage. Floated the Escalante last June. Amazing stuff out there.
Amazing ! Brilliant ...
Amazing and scary.
Are the banks usually sandy or muddy
Appears sandy , like most washes. Mud gets washed away , gravel and rocks and boulders get left behind as the water slows
But is it really a flood, when the water is reentering the dried out river canal?
Yes , it’s called a flash flood . Don’t believe me stand in the middle
That's the biggest flash flood I've ever seen
where is the debris deposited?
Fantástico!!!
Okay, Southern Utah.....southern Utah is a big place. Where?
+Kathy Donoho-Munro Close to Lake Powell
Okay....which end. I'm really just curious not trying to take your glory there.
Damn, wow & this is f'n amazing!
Where does all the wood come from in this desert, savannah-like country?
+Nige Turner lmao
Higher elevations at the catchments of the washes that feed where I film.
Huge extremes.