NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued October 21 at 9:49PM MST until October 22 at 2:00AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
FFWFGZ
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Moenkopi Wash in...
Coconino County in north central Arizona...
* Until 200 AM MST /300 AM MDT/.
* At 949 PM MST /1049 PM MDT/, Moenkopi Wash remained above major
flood stage, with only a gradual decrease over the last hour. With
additional heavy rain expected in the Moenkopi Wash basin, flooding
is expected to continue. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding in and around the Moenkopi Wash.
SOURCE...River gauge reported.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the
Moenkopi Wash.
* For Moenkopi Wash near Tuba City:
At 8:45pm MST /9:45pm MDT/ the stage was 33.54 feet.
Flood Stage is 27.0 feet.
Impacts:
At 27.0 feet: At 27.0 feet water begins to encroach on homes in
lower Moenkopi Village and floods crop fields along the river.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Moenkopi.
This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers...
Hamblin Wash, Begashibito Wash, Little Colorado River, Moenkopi
Wash and Fivemile Wash.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2359th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days