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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1259 PM MDT WED AUG 21 2024
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SAN RAFAEL SWELL-LOWER WASHINGTON COUNTY-ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH-CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY-WESTERN
CANYONLANDS-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - GOBLIN VALLEY, KANAB, LOA,
IVINS, GREEN RIVER, HANKSVILLE, SPRINGDALE, TORREY, ST GEORGE,
ESCALANTE, BIG WATER, HURRICANE, AND BULLFROG
1259 PM MDT WED AUG 21 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS: SAN
RAFAEL SWELL, CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY, GLEN CANYON
RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL, WESTERN CANYONLANDS, LOWER WASHINGTON
COUNTY AND ZION NATIONAL PARK.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SLOT CANYONS,
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, CREEKS AND STREAMS, RECENT BURN SCARS, AND
OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- ANOTHER MONSOON SURGE BEGINNING THIS EVENING WILL BE AIDED BY
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINED NOCTURNAL CONVECTION
ADDING TO THE OVERNIGHT THREAT INTO THURSDAY MORNING, WITH
REINVIGORATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION EXPECTED THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS.
WESSLER
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