541
WGUS75 KSLC 172333
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
533 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2025
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WASHINGTON UT-
533 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FORSYTH BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 533 PM MDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE FORSYTH BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.75 AND 2.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN, WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS IN FORSYTH AND ROCK
CREEK, AND THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE LEFT FORK OF THE SANTA CLARA.
FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH FORSYTH CREEK, ROCK CREEK, THE LEFT FORK OF THE SANTA
CLARA, AND SLOPES BELOW GARDENER PEAK. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST
OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE FORSYTH BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE FORSYTH BURN SCAR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PINE VALLEY AND GRASS VALLEY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE FORSYTH BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS, ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES, MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3743 11343 3739 11340 3736 11341 3734 11345
3734 11352 3739 11352 3740 11349 3743 11346
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
WEBBER
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