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WGUS75 KSLC 312006
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
206 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
UTC017-025-312300-
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GARFIELD UT-KANE UT-
206 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN KANE
COUNTIES...
AT 206 PM MDT, THE RIVER GAUGE ON THE ESCALANTE RIVER AT ESCALANTE
INDICATED A FLOOD WAVE NEAR 760 CFS WILL BE SURGING DOWN THE
ESCALANTE RIVER. 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 THE ESCALANTE RIVER.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
THE ESCALANTE RIVER FROM NEAR THE TOWN OF ESCALANTE TO THE TERMINUS
AT 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 3780 11146 3774 11120 3735 11087 3733 11087
3732 11085 3732 11084 3728 11088 3770 11129
3776 11146 3780 11148
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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