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.