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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
609 PM MDT FRI AUG 23 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...
NORTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 915 PM MDT.
* AT 609 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
1.5 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY OVER MOAB AND SPANISH VALLEY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOAB, SPANISH VALLEY AND DEAD HORSE POINT STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
UTAH 128 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 4.
UTAH 313 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 11.
U.S. HIGHWAY 191 IN UTAH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 133.
UTAH 279 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 15.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
NORTH FORK MILL CREEK, MILL CREEK, DRY FORK, COLORADO RIVER, PACK
CREEK, HUNTERS CANYON AND KANE SPRINGS CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME LIFE
THREATENING IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS
OR CREEKS.
IMMEDIATELY CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND. RUNOFF CONCENTRATED THROUGH
NARROW CANYON WALLS CAN QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS, LIFE THREATENING
CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3865 10961 3861 10947 3848 10944 3846 10956
3844 10966 3843 10983 3850 10983 3858 10987
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ERW
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