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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
415 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
NORTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT.
* AT 415 PM MDT, THE RIVER GAUGE ON THE ESCALANTE RIVER AT ESCALANTE
INDICATED A SECOND FLOOD WAVE NEAR 1160 CFS THAT WILL BE SURGING
DOWN THE ESCALANTE RIVER. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED
UNTIL 700 PM MDT. UP TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN PRIMARILY
NEAR THE TOWN OF ESCALANTE. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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
JAC
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