FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
525 AM MST WED JUL 27 2022
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COCONINO COUNTY NORTH OF WILLIAMS AND SELIGMAN...
YAVAPAI COUNTY NEAR SELIGMAN AND ASH FORK...
* UNTIL 830 AM MST.
* AT 520 AM MST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN ALONG AND UP TO 20 MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM
SELIGMAN TO NEAR ASH FORK. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS, CREEKS, NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ROADS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ASH FORK, KAIBAB ESTATES, AND SELIGMAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 134...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 155.
BUSINESS INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 146.
ROUTE 66 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 139.
STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 361 AND 363.
STATE ROUTE 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 200.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
CHINO WASH, PINEVETA WASH, CATARACT CREEK, MARTIN DAM DRAW, ASH
FORK DRAW, MEATH WASH, BIG CHINO WASH, MONUMENT WASH, RED LAKE
WASH, PARTRIDGE CREEK, JOHNSON CREEK AND EIGHTMILE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS
WHICH WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3560 11284 3550 11250 3550 11221 3539 11207
3530 11220 3516 11239 3538 11312
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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