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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1212 AM MDT SAT AUG 24 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...
NORTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 115 AM MDT.
* AT 1212 AM MDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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...
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...
DRY FORK, COLORADO RIVER, PACK CREEK, KANE SPRINGS CANYON, HUNTERS
CANYON, NORTH FORK MILL CREEK AND MILL 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 3865 10961 3861 10947 3848 10944 3846 10956
3844 10966 3843 10983 3850 10983 3858 10987
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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