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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
755 PM MST THU OCT 22 2026
AZC001-231445-
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APACHE AZ-
855 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 845 AM MDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF CREEKS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 848 PM MDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE
CHINLE AREA. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
CHINLE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING NORTHWARD TO ROCK
POINT.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS...
BLACK MOUNTAIN WASH, MUERTO, WHITE WATER WASH, LUKACHUKAI CREEK,
CHINLE CREEK, TEZINIE WASH, BLACK ROCK CANYON AND SHEEP DIP
CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHINLE, MANY FARMS, ROCK POINT, CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL
MONUMENT, MANY FARMS LAKE AND MUMMY CAVE OVERLOOK.
- THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 191 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 455 AND 459...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 462 AND 471...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 485
AND 500.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RECREATION AREAS ANDCAMPGROUNDS...
TSEGI OVERLOOK, JUNCTION OVERLOOK, WHITE HOUSE OVERLOOK, ANTELOPE
HOUSE OVERLOOK, FACE ROCK OVERLOOK AND SPIDER ROCK OVERLOOK.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3626 10936 3622 10933 3616 10939 3614 10944
3612 10939 3613 10930 3610 10928 3609 10939
3613 10952 3620 10959 3637 10962 3666 10964
3678 10969 3678 10963 3666 10955 3629 10957
3618 10955 3616 10947 3618 10942
JJ
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