Flood Warning issued November 2 at 1:38PM MST until November 2 at 11:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ
- Level
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- Region
- North America
- Category
- Weather
- Source
- NWS / NOAA weather
* 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.
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.
- This month
- 1851st Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days
Source: NWS / NOAA weather