Weather Alerts For Sanders, AZ

A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # SUMMARY -------------------- The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a - Flash Flood Warning for... Apache County in northeastern Arizona... - Until 645 PM MST. - At 344 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area, east of Highway 191 east and northeast of Saint Johns. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.75 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, normally dry washes, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE - Mainly rural areas of Apache County. - This includes Highway 191 161 between mile markers 323 and 334. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS, WASHES AND RIVERS Zuñi River, Jarvis Wash and Carrizo Wash. ISSUED AT Monday, September 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM MST ISSUED BY National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ HEADER BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED | Flash Flood Warning # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Flooding of washes and creeks will occur, some dirt roads will become muddy and impassable. Paved roads and underpasses could become flooded as well.

Closest strike: 5.29 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.