THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…   SOUTHWESTERN APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA…   EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA…
* UNTIL 200 PM MST
* AT 1157 AM MST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA FROM FORT APACHE TO 10 MILES EAST OF FORT APACHE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 11 AM MST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 1230 PM MST.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE EAST FORK OF WHITE RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. EXPECT RAPID RISES ALONG EAST FORK WHITE RIVER THIS AFTERNOON…WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES… EAST FORK WHITE RIVER…ROCK CREEK…WEST TURKEY CREEK…FIREBOX CREEK…TURKEY CREEK…NORTH FORK WHITE RIVER…NASH CREEK AND INDIAN CREEK.
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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.