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WGUS75 KSLC 220307
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
907 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2026
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PIUTE UT-
907 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN PIUTE COUNTY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
PIUTE COUNTY...
AT 907 PM MDT, US 89 HAS CLOSED AT MILEPOST 166-176 DUE TO DEBRIS
FLOWS REACHING THE HIGHWAY FROM MULTIPLE DRAINAGES ORIGINATING FROM
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN PIUTE COUNTY. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE CITY CREEK, TEN MILE, AND COTTONWOOD CREEKS. 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 IN
PIUTE COUNTY AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM TO HW 89 BETWEEN
MILEPOST 166-176.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN PIUTE COUNTY AND POINTS
DOWNSTREAM TO HW 89.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JUNCTION NORTH TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVALE
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 IN PIUTE COUNTY. 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.
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.
LAT...LON 3829 11234 3833 11233 3837 11234 3841 11222
3826 11220 3823 11234
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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