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Flash Flood Warning

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Apache, AZ; Navajo, AZ

Status In Progress Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

FFWFGZ
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Navajo County in north central Arizona... Apache County in northeastern Arizona...
* Until 830 PM MST Sunday.
* At 224 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, normally dry washes, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Chinle, Fort Defiance, Window Rock, Many Farms, Lukachukai, Tsaile, St. Michaels, Sanders, Houck, Round Rock, Dennehotso, Chilchinbeto, Rough Rock, Teec Nos Pos, Sawmill, Red Mesa, Del Muerto, Black Mesa, Querino and Rock Point.
This includes the following highways... Highway 160 between mile markers 401 and 470. Interstate 40 between mile markers 323 and 359. Highway 191 161 between mile markers 366 and 368. State Route 264 between mile markers 455 and 475. Highway 191 between mile markers 374 and 390...and between mile markers 438 and 510.
This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds... Cottonwood Campground, Wagon Wheel Campground, Tsegi Overlook, Junction Overlook, White House Overlook, Antelope House Overlook, Face Rock Overlook and Spider Rock Overlook.
This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Oraibi Wash, Kinlichee Creek, Standing Redrock Creek, Lizard Wash, Teec Nos Pos Wash, Piney Hill Creek, Canyon del Muerto, Wheatfields Creek, Puerco River, Cienega Creek, Dinnebito Wash, Chinle Creek, Polacca Wash, Lukachukai Creek, Toh Dahstini Wash and Nazlini Wash.

Instructions

Flooding of washes and creeks will occur, some dirt roads will become muddy and impassable. Paved roads and underpasses could become flooded as well.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Low water crossings will become dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
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