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WGUS75 KSLC 270049
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
649 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
UTC017-270215-
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GARFIELD UT-
649 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...
AT 649 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. 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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