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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
514 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 815 PM MDT.
* AT 514 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN ESCALANTE RIVER, PHIPPS WASH, TUNNEL SLOT CANYON,
HARRIS WASH, WOLVERINE CANYON, LITTLE DEATH HOLLOW, AND SPENCER
FLAT ROAD. UP TO 0.7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WEST OF THE
ESCALANTE RIVER, WITH HEAVY RAIN SPREADING EASTWARD. 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,
SLOT CANYONS, AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ESCALANTE RIVER, PHIPPS WASH, TUNNEL SLOT CANYON, HARRIS WASH,
WOLVERINE CANYON, LITTLE DEATH HOLLOW, AND SPENCER FLAT ROAD
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 3766 11106 3763 11107 3758 11120 3761 11135
3765 11142 3774 11146 3780 11123 3780 11119
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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