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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
834 AM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1030 AM MDT.
* AT 834 AM MDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.75 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THE GAUGE ON
THE PARIA RIVER AT US-89 JUST REPORTED A 429 CFS FLOOD WAVE. THIS
WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT DOWN THE PARIA RIVER, THROUGH PARIA CANYON
TO THE ARIZONA BORDER.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF SLOT CANYONS, NORMALLY
DRY WASHES, STREAMS, CREEKS, AND RIVERS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUCKSKIN GULCH, WIRE PASS, AND THE PARIA RIVER CANYON.
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 3700 11203 3706 11202 3708 11194 3709 11184
3706 11180 3702 11181 3700 11184
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
CRK
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