7/20/15 – A cut fiber optic cable line caused a widespread outage through out the region yesterday and into this morning. Crews are working on repairing the line and restoring services which are coming back up this morning.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA…
* UNTIL 615 PM MST
* AT 419 PM MST…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 180 AND 191 JUST EAST OF ST. JOHNS. RADAR
ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA…WHICH WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 180 191 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 371 AND 384.
HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 366 AND 376.
HIGHWAY 191 161 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 316 AND 322.
HIGHWAY 180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 353 AND 368.
STATE ROUTE 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 376 AND 381.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA…
* UNTIL 430 PM MST
* AT 125 PM MST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA…FROM WINSLOW SOUTH ALONG
HIGHWAY 87 TO NEAR MILE POST 330. UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN JUST SOUTH OF WINSLOW. FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF WINSLOW SOUTHWARD. LAW
ENFORCEMENT REPORTS FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 87…AND AN UNDERPASS IS
FLOODED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WINSLOW.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
WINSLOW.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…CLEAR CREEK…
CHEVELON CANYON…JACKS CANYON…LITTLE COLORADO RIVER AND COTTONWOOD
WASH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS… STATE ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 330 TO WINSLOW. STATE ROUTE 99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 TO
WINSLOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER
THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH
TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.