APACHE, AZ; Navajo, AZ — * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Navajo County in north central Arizona... Apache County in northeastern Arizona...
* WHEN...Until 800 AM MST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Roads are closed and impassable due to flooding. Deadly flooding over low-water crossings.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 803 PM MST, several roads across Navajo Nation remain closed due to flood damage. Water levels also remained elevated along Chinle Creek near Canyon de Chelly. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Dinnebito Wash, Laguna Creek, Wide Ruin Wash, Canyon del, Chinle Creek, Teec Nos Pos Wash, Wheatfields Creek, Kinlichee Creek, Greasewood Wash, and Bonito Creek. - For Chinle Creek at Chinle: At 7:00pm MST the stage was 3.86 feet. Flood Stage is 4.0 feet. Impacts: At 3.6 feet: Chinle Creek becomes impassable to recreational vehicles. At 4.0 feet: Water begins to encroach upon structures just upstream of the Highway 64 bridge near the Canyon de Chelly welcome center. - Some locations that will experience 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 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.
Flooding in Apache, AZ; Navajo, AZ can cut off roads with little warning, damage homes near low-lying areas, and disrupt power and water service. Even a few inches of moving water can carry away a vehicle.
This report is based on information from NWS, monitored by Alert USA's verified emergency feed.
Alert USA anticipates a high chance of travel disruptions, elevated property risk in low-lying areas, and possible power outages while the event is active.
Recommended steps: avoid flooded roads — turn around, don't drown; move to higher ground if you are in a low-lying area; charge phones and prepare for power loss; check on family and neighbors.
Alert USA is tracking this flood event and will update this report as verified information becomes available.
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