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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
943 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR - PIUTE COUNTY IN...
SOUTHWESTERN PIUTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL UTAH...
* UNTIL 145 AM MDT.
* AT 943 PM MDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN PIUTE COUNTY. APPROXIMATELY 0.5 AND 1 INCH
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH FLOWS
REPORTED IN CITY CREEK. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL
RESULT IN WATER AND DEBRIS MOVING THROUGH THE CITY CREEK, TENMILE
CREEK, GOLD GULCH, AND COTTONWOOD CREEK DRAINAGES. THE DEBRIS FLOW
CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
THIS WATER AND DEBRIS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN
JUNCTION AND MARYSVALE.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN
PIUTE COUNTY.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN PIUTE COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COTTONWOOD CREEK, GOLD GULCH, TENMILE CREEK, AND CITY CREEK NEAR
JUNCTION.
THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 175.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES
IN THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN PIUTE COUNTY. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN
ALSO BE ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED
AWAY IN PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS, ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL
LIKELY TRIGGER DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN AND
AROUND DRAINAGES SUCH AS CITY CREEK, TENMILE CREEK, GOLD GULCH, AND
COTTONWOOD CREEK.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3824 11237 3825 11238 3829 11234 3832 11234
3834 11233 3836 11236 3838 11235 3839 11231
3837 11229 3840 11223 3836 11221 3823 11221
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
STW
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