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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1131 AM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
UTC017-231930-
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GARFIELD UT-
1131 AM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...
AT 1131 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS BIG HORN CANYON AND UPPER PORTIONS OF HARRIS WASH.
BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY, WITH ANY FLOOD WAVE MOVING DOWNSTREAM
FROM HARRIS WASH TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ESCALANTE RIVER.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS,
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, AND BACKCOUNTRY ROADS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIGHORN CANYON AND HARRIS WASH IN SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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.
LAT...LON 3766 11120 3760 11142 3769 11158 3774 11152
3770 11139 3767 11122
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JAC
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