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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
453 PM MDT FRI AUG 23 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT.
* AT 453 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. 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,
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, AND SLOT CANYONS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL GARFIELD AND SOUTH CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING SLOT CANYONS WILL
EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING: DEATH CANYON, SLIDEANIDE CANYON, POISON
SPRINGS CANYON, HAPPY CANYON, TWO STEP CANYON, BURR SLOT CANYON,
EAST FORK MONOXIDE CANYON, AND ADOBE SWALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. DRY
WASHES, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3845 11055 3839 11015 3813 11033 3807 11036
3785 11044 3775 11063 3802 11068 3813 11074
3815 11073
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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