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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
651 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
UTC025-037-270245-
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KANE UT-SAN JUAN UT-
651 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SAN JUAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTIES...
AT 651 PM MDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOWS BEGINNING IN
COYOTE WASH AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITHIN WAHWEAP CREEK
DOWNSTREAM TO ITS TERMINUS AT LAKE POWELL. BETWEEN 0.75 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...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES
AND CREEKS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COYOTE WASH, WAHWEAP CREEK, BIG WATER, AND LAKE POWELL
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 3702 11147 3702 11134 3700 11135 3701 11162
3711 11183 3722 11187 3728 11168 3711 11161
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
WEBBER
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