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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
529 PM MDT SUN AUG 25 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...
NORTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.
* AT 529 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS KANE SPRINGS AND HUNTERS CANYONS. BETWEEN 0.5
AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS, NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS,
STREAMS, AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING
AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
KANE SPRINGS AND HUNTERS CANYONS IN SOUTHERN GRAND AND NORTHERN
SAN JUAN COUNTIES
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COLORADO RIVER, KANE SPRINGS CANYON AND HUNTERS CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME LIFE
THREATENING IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS
OR CREEKS.
IMMEDIATELY CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND. RUNOFF CONCENTRATED THROUGH
NARROW CANYON WALLS CAN QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS, LIFE THREATENING
CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3854 10960 3852 10955 3844 10947 3839 10950
3838 10955 3841 10957 3848 10962 3853 10961
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
ERW
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