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WGUS75 KSLC 312108
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
308 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
UTC017-312245-
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GARFIELD UT-
308 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...
AT 308 PM MDT, THE GAUGE ON PINE CREEK AT ESCALANTE REPORTED FLOWS OF
1090 CFS FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PINE
CREEK BOX CANYON. THIS WATER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM INTO
THE ESCALANTE RIVER AND THROUGH UPPER ESCALANTE RIVER CANYON. UP TO
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN TODAY. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, SLOT
CANYONS, AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PINE CREEK BOX CANYON AND UPPER ESCALANTE RIVER CANYON.
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 3796 11168 3799 11162 3786 11161 3780 11157
3780 11148 3776 11146 3777 11158 3778 11159
3786 11165
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JAC
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