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Flood Warning
ActiveApache, AZ; Navajo, AZ
Status
In Progress
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Expected
Certainty
Likely
Details
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Navajo County in north central Arizona... Apache County in northeastern Arizona...
* WHEN...Until 1100 PM MST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Roads are closed and impassable due to flooding. Deadly flooding over low-water crossings.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 134 PM MST, many roads across Navajo Nation remain closed due to flooding and flood damage. Water levels remain elevated along Chinle Creek between Chinle and Mexican Water. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dinnebito Wash, Laguna Wash, Wide Ruin Wash, Chinle Creek, Teec Nos Pos Wash, Wheatfields Creek, Greasewood Wash, and Bonito Creek. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Chinle, Many Farms, Lukachukai, Tsaile, Round Rock, Dennehotso, Chilchinbeto, Rough Rock, Teec Nos Pos, Sawmill, Red Mesa, 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 367 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.
- Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Stay away or be swept away! The banks of creeks and washes are unstable and unsafe during any flooding event.
Low water crossings will become dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Data from the National Weather Service
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