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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
552 PM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
UTC017-025-037-310200-
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GARFIELD UT-KANE UT-SAN JUAN UT-
552 PM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR SAN JUAN, SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN KANE
COUNTIES...
AT 552 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS THAT
PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF HOLE IN THE ROCK ROAD,
PRIMARILY OVER HARRIS WASH, CHOPROCK CANYON, AND NEON CANYON. WATER
WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW DOWN THE ESCALANTE RIVER TO LAKE POWELL. UP TO
0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 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 CREEKS, STREAMS, SLOT
CANYONS, AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PORTIONS OF HOLE IN THE ROCK ROAD, PRIMARILY OVER HARRIS WASH,
CHOPROCK CANYON, AND NEON CANYON. ALSO, THE ESCALANTE RIVER FROM
HARRIS WASH SOUTH TO LAKE POWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 3763 11140 3770 11125 3769 11107 3758 11106
3728 11082 3724 11085 3737 11098 3754 11113
3754 11128
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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