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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
942 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT.
* AT 942 PM MDT, FLASH FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ON THE ESCALANTE
RIVER WITH RECENT GAUGE OBSERVATIONS IN ESCALANTE STILL ABOVE 2000
CFS. THESE HIGH FLOWS STEM FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
THUNDERSTORMS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...GAUGE REPORTED.
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.
LAT...LON 3777 11158 3775 11157 3772 11175 3783 11186
3786 11165
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
JAC
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