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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
943 PM MDT FRI AUG 23 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...
NORTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT.
* AT 943 PM MDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. ROAD CLOSURES IN
SPANISH VALLEY AND CASTLE VALLEY DUE TO FLOODING CONTINUE AT THIS
TIME. MORE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5
TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
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...
SALT WASH, NORTH FORK MILL CREEK, MILL CREEK, CASTLE CREEK, PLACER
CREEK, PACK CREEK, STEANS CREEK 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.
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...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MDA
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