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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
719 PM MDT THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE FORSYTH BURN SCAR IN...
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT.
* AT 719 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE FORSYTH BURN SCAR. THE FOCUS OF THIS RAINFALL
HAS BEEN ABOVE THE PINE VALLEY RECREATION AREA AND PINE VALLEY
RESERVOIR ON THE LEFT FORK OF THE SANTA CLARA RIVER. BETWEEN 0.5
AND 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE SANTA CLARA DRAINAGE DOWNSTREAM TO BELOW BAKER
RESERVOIR. 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 FORSYTH
BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE FORSYTH BURN SCAR FROM THE PINE VALLEY RESERVOIR
DOWNSTREAM TO JUST BELOW BAKER RESERVOIR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
THE SANTA CLARA RIVER FROM PINE VALLEY RESERVOIR DOWNSTREAM TO
BAKER RESERVOIR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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 3740 11353 3741 11359 3735 11365 3736 11366
3738 11365 3740 11363 3742 11360 3742 11356
3740 11352 3739 11349 3740 11348 3741 11343
3739 11341 3735 11343 3733 11347 3737 11348
3738 11348
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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