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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
311 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR PIUTE IN...
WEST CENTRAL PIUTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL UTAH...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT.
* AT 311 PM MDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING AND DEBRIS
FLOW ON THE CITY CREEK DRAINAGE AND SUBSEQUENT FLOODING ACROSS
HIGHWAY 89 DUE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR. BETWEEN
0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING. THE
DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR, ESPECIALLY THE CITY CREEK DRAINAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES
IN THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3831 11234 3831 11233 3827 11231 3828 11231
3826 11225 3826 11221 3825 11220 3826 11228
3827 11230 3824 11235 3825 11238 3829 11234
3830 11235 3831 11235
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
AD
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