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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
633 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...
NORTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 945 PM MDT.
* AT 633 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, INCLUDING HIGHWAY 128 FROM MOAB
THROUGH CASTLE VALLEY. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 3
INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CASTLE VALLEY AND SPANISH VALLEY.
THIS INCLUDES UTAH 128 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 19.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
NORTH FORK MILL CREEK, MILL CREEK, PLACER CREEK, COLORADO RIVER,
SALT WASH, PACK CREEK, STEANS CREEK AND CASTLE CREEK.
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 3863 10954 3869 10949 3873 10938 3866 10927
3861 10925 3854 10931 3848 10944 3861 10947
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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