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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
944 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 944 PM MDT, THE GAUGE ON THE ESCALANTE RIVER AT ESCALANTE IS
STILL REPORTING FLOWS IN EXCESS OF 2000 CFS, LEADING TO HIGH FLOWS
WITHIN THE UPPER ESCALANTE RIVER CANYON. THESE HIGH FLOWS STEM FROM
EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...GAUGE REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, SLOT
CANYONS, AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PINE CREEK BOX CANYON AND UPPER ESCALANTE RIVER CANYON.
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 3796 11168 3799 11162 3786 11161 3780 11157
3780 11148 3776 11146 3777 11158 3778 11159
3786 11165
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JAC
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