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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
226 PM MST WED OCT 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE MOENKOPI WASH IN...
COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 500 PM MST /600 PM MDT/.
* AT 226 PM MST /326 PM MDT/, A RIVER GAUGE AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING OF MOENKOPI WASH. WATER HAS REACHED
NEAR THE BASE OF THE HIGHWAY 264 BRIDGE AND WILL CONTINUE
DOWNSTREAM INTO THE VILLAGE OF MOENKOPI. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE MOENKOPI WASH.
SOURCE...RIVER GAUGE REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
MOENKOPI WASH.
* FOR MOENKOPI WASH AT MOENKOPI WASH NEAR TUBA CITY:
AT 1:45PM MST /2:45PM MDT/ THE STAGE WAS 31.82 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET.
IMPACTS:
AT 27.0 FEET: AT 27.0 FEET WATER BEGINS TO ENCROACH ON HOMES IN LOWER
MOENKOPI VILLAGE AND FLOODS CROP FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUBA CITY AND MOENKOPI.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 318 AND 321. U.S. HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 476 AND 478. STATE ROUTE 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 323
AND 324.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
BEGASHIBITO WASH, MOENKOPI WASH, HAMBLIN WASH, LITTLE COLORADO
RIVER AND FIVEMILE WASH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES
IN THE MOENKOPI WASH. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED
ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN PLACES. IF
YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
LAT...LON 3588 11144 3589 11145 3593 11143 3599 11143
3608 11137 3611 11127 3612 11116 3615 11109
3617 11097 3617 11077 3614 11077 3614 11097
3613 11108 3610 11115 3609 11127 3606 11135
3598 11141 3592 11141
FLASH FLOOD...RIVER GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MCT
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