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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
114 PM MDT TUE AUG 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN...
WEST CENTRAL PIUTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL UTAH...
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT.
* AT 114 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN PIUTE COUNTY. BETWEEN
0.25 AND 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN, WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
OCCURRING OVER GOLD GULCH AND TEN MILE CREEK AREAS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE GOLD GULCH AND TEN MILE CREEK, AND POSSIBLY
COTTONWOOD GULCH. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD,
VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. THESE DEBRIS FLOWS ARE
EXPECTED TO TRAVEL DOWNSTREAM IMPACTING HW 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
171 TO 176.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE COTTONWOOD BURN SCAR IN
PIUTE COUNTY, WITH FLOWS IMPACTING US 89 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 171 TO 176.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
US 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 TO 176 IN.
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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3837 11236 3834 11233 3830 11232 3834 11219
3842 11222
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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