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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1106 AM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
UTC017-311845-
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GARFIELD UT-
1106 AM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...
AT 1106 AM MDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
THE RIVER GAUGE ON PINE CREEK NEAR THE ESCALANTE RIVER INDICATED A
171 CFS FLOOD WAVE HIT THE GAUGE AROUND 915 AM. THE RIVER GAUGE ON
THE ESCALANTE RIVER NEAR ESCALANTE INDICATED A FLOOD WAVE AROUND 400
CFS AND CLIMBING AT 1025 AM. THIS FLOOD WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE
DOWN THE ESCALANTE RIVER.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLOT
CANYONS, CREEKS, STREAMS AND RIVERS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ESCALANTE, PINE CREEK, DEATH HOLLOW, AND THE ESCALANTE 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.
LAT...LON 3791 11172 3777 11164 3777 11146 3793 11156
3792 11166
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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