Alert Details
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Pinon to Steamboat Canyon to Ganado to Klagetoh in Navajo and Apache counties... * WHEN...Until 930 PM MST /1030 PM MDT/. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in creeks and normally dry washes is imminent or occurring. Dangerous flooding over low-water crossings. Water flowing over roadways will create slick roads and muddy unpaved roads. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 630 PM MST /730 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.25 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers... Jeddito Wash, Wide Ruin Wash, Nazlini Wash, Lone Tule Wash, Steamboat Wash, Wepo Wash, Tse Chizzi Wash, Polacca Wash, Tse Ba Ni Zi Ni Wash, Big Dam Wash, Cottonwood Wash, Burnt Corn Wash, Pueblo Colorado Wash, Bis Ii Ah Wash, Dinnebito Wash, Sabito Wash, Beshbito Wash and Oraibi Wash. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.75 inches are expected over the area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Low Mountain, Tselani-Cottonwood, Burnside, Black Mesa, Klagetoh, Cornfields, Steamboat, Whippoorwill, Forest Lake, Pinon, Ganado, Salina, Smoke Signal, Tsintaa Yiti Ii, Sunrise Springs and Burnt Corn Valley. - This includes the following highways... State Route 264 between mile markers 426 and 449. Highway 191 between mile markers 396 and 428. - Additional information is available at weather.gov/flagstaff.