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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
437 PM MDT SUN AUG 9 2026
UTC017-100015-
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GARFIELD UT-
437 PM MDT SUN AUG 9 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...
AT 437 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. BETWEEN
0.5 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...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF BACKCOUNTRY ROADS,
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, CREEKS AND STREAMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
THE FOLLOWING SLOT CANYONS ALONG HOLE IN THE ROCK ROAD: PHIPPS
WASH, BIGHORN CANYON, ZEBRA, TUNNEL, HARRIS WASH, AND RED BREAKS.
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 3777 11140 3767 11153 3756 11141 3762 11120
3769 11122
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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