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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
627 PM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT.
* AT 627 PM MDT, NATIONAL PARK PERSONNEL REPORTED FLOWS ON SULPHUR
CREEK FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK. THIS AREA INCLUDES SUNGLOW
CANYON, SULPHUR CREEK, SPRING CANYON, COHAB CANYON, AND GRAND WASH.
BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, SLOT
CANYONS, AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PORTIONS OF CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, INCLUDING SUNGLOW CANYON,
SULPHUR CREEK, SPRING CANYON, COHAB CANYON, AND GRAND WASH. WATER
WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH SULPHUR CREEK AND INTO THE FREMONT
RIVER HEADING TOWARDS CAINEVILLE.
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 3834 11153 3826 11132 3821 11129 3826 11106
3832 11100 3834 11102 3829 11108 3842 11148
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JAC
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