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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
851 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT.
* AT 851 PM MDT, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM
EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ZION NATIONAL
PARK. A GAUGE AT THE NORTH FORK OF THE VIRGIN RIVER IN SPRINGDALE
REPORTED FLOWS PEAKING OVER 5500 CFS AT 800 PM MDT. THE MAJORITY OF
RAINFALL FELL EARLIER, THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA COULD
PRODUCE ANOTHER 0.20 TO 0.40 INCHES. 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 CREEKS, STREAMS, SLOT
CANYONS, AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ZION NATIONAL PARK, SPRINGDALE, KEYHOLE CANYON, SPRY CANYON,
PARUNUWEAP CANYON, THE NARROWS, ORDERVILLE CANYON, AND THE NORTH
AND EAST FORKS OF THE VIRGIN RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3733 11312 3740 11303 3742 11298 3736 11278
3727 11282 3718 11271 3711 11283 3716 11302
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JAC
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