Alert Details
At 1022 AM MST /1122 AM MDT/, a river gauge on the Moenkopi Wash reported water levels are just beginning to decrease. The gauge reported an 8 foot rise around 9 AM MST this morning from heavy rain upstream of Moenkopi last evening. Flash flooding is occurring and will continue through the village of Moenkopi this morning. 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 at Moenkopi Wash Near Tuba City: At 9:45am MST /10:45am MDT/ the stage was 26.68 feet. Flood Stage is 27.0 feet. 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 highways... Highway 160 near mile marker 313...and between mile markers 316 and 323. U.S. Highway 89 between mile markers 476 and 479. State Route 264 between mile markers 322 and 324. This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Cedar Wash, Moenkopi Wash, Begashibito Wash, Little Colorado River, Fivemile Wash and Hamblin Wash.