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Watch for rapid rises in creeks, streams and normally dry washes.
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Staff Reports, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
This will include potential impacts to some of the area burn scar locations, local slot canyon areas, and also the normally dry washes.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Assume anything that can flood will flood, and avoid camping in dry washes or arroyos.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
Avondale police are investigating whether a woman found dead by landscapers in a dry wash Monday morning is an elderly woman who had been reported missing three days prior.
—Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
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Staff Reports, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
This will include potential impacts to some of the area burn scar locations, local slot canyon areas, and also the normally dry washes.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Assume anything that can flood will flood, and avoid camping in dry washes or arroyos.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
Avondale police are investigating whether a woman found dead by landscapers in a dry wash Monday morning is an elderly woman who had been reported missing three days prior.
—Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Dry wash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20wash. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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