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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
808 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 400 AM MDT TUESDAY.
* AT 808 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN THE PARIA RIVER AND WAHWEAP CREEK. HEAVIEST
RAINFALL HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE UPPER HEADWATERS OF THE PARIA
RIVER, WHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, AND SLICKROCK AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
THE PARIA RIVER DOWNSTREAM TO THE ARIZONA BORDER AND WAHWEAP CREEK
DOWNSTREAM TO LAKE POWELL.
THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 11...AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 18 AND 22.
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 3740 11207 3744 11212 3750 11213 3752 11200
3752 11181 3750 11176 3737 11178 3732 11175
3727 11174 3711 11166 3704 11156 3702 11156
3701 11160 3706 11167 3714 11186 3700 11179
3700 11192 3712 11193
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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