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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
320 PM MDT THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN...
EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT.
* AT 320 PM MDT, HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED
A MUDDY FLASH FLOOD WITH SOME WOODY DEBRIS THAT IS MOVING DOWN THE
BEAVER RIVER AND WILL BE REACHING EASTERN PORTIONS OF BEAVER CITY
NEAR THE GROVE CREEK AREA IMMINENTLY. BETWEEN 0.4 AND 0.7 INCHES
OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE BEAVER RIVER. 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 COTTONWOOD
BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR...SPECIFICALLY IN THE BEAVER
RIVER DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE GROVE AREA IN BEAVER CITY
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAVER...ESPECIALLY THE GROVE AREA
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 COTTONWOOD 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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3824 11249 3825 11255 3827 11257 3825 11264
3826 11264 3830 11249 3831 11238 3822 11239
3820 11244
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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