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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
618 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...
* UNTIL 930 PM MDT.
* AT 618 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, ALONG HIGHWAY 191 BETWEEN
CANYONLANDS AIRPORT AND MOAB AND ARCHES NATIONAL PARK. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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...
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
UTAH 313 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 22.
U.S. HIGHWAY 191 IN UTAH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 144.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SALT WASH AND COLORADO RIVER.
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.
LAT...LON 3875 10981 3879 10965 3880 10954 3866 10952
3863 10968 3860 10981 3873 10983
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ERW
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