Alert Details
At 649 PM MST /749 PM MDT/, local law enforcement reported flooding along Route 54 and Route 12 in Fort Defiance from thunderstorms producing heavy rain. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Law enforcement reported. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, normally dry washes, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Fort Defiance, Window Rock, Sanders, Houck, Querino, Hunters Point, Oak Springs, Lupton, Window Rock Airport, Piney Hill, St. Michaels, Pine Springs and Allentown. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between mile markers 335 and 358. Highway 191 161 near mile marker 368. State Route 264 between mile markers 463 and 475. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Pueblo Colorado Wash, West Fork Black Creek, Black Creek, Bonito Creek, Whitewater Arroyo, Quartzite Canyon, Burnt Piqon Wash, Black Soil Wash, Kinlichee Creek, Wide Ruin Wash, Scattered Willow Wash, Cienega Creek, Thsohotso Wash, Piney Hill Creek, Burntwater Wash, Meadow Wash, Cold Spring Wash, Puerco River, Tse Bonito Wash and Slick Rock Wash.