APACHE, AZ; Navajo, AZ — * 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.
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.
Verified by Alert USA • NWS