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WGUS75 KSLC 312151
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
351 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
UTC053-312315-
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WASHINGTON UT-
351 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 351 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE KOLOB CANYON PORTION OF ZION NATIONAL PARK, INCLUDING
TAYLOR CREEK AND LA VERKIN CREEK. BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.75 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, SLOT
CANYONS, AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
KOLOB CANYON PORTION OF ZION NATIONAL PARK, INCLUDING THE MIDDLE
AND SOUTH FORKS OF TAYLOR CREEK, LA VERKIN CREEK, AND KOLOB ARCH.
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 3747 11313 3743 11306 3740 11307 3738 11322
3745 11322 3746 11325 3747 11324 3748 11315
3747 11315
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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