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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
943 PM MDT FRI AUG 23 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 100 AM MDT.
* AT 943 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR HAD INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE PARIA RIVER BASIN EARLIER IN THE EVENING.
BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ON SATURATED
GROUND. WE ANTICIPATE A FLOOD WAVE IS STILL WORKING ITS WAY DOWN
THE PARIA RIVER, AND ARE EXTENDING THE WARMING ON THAT BASIS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
MAINLY DRY WASHES, AND SLOT CANYONS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIG WATER, THE PARIA RIVER, WAHWEAP CREEK, WARM CREEK, AND LAST
CHANCE CREEK.
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 3759 11167 3754 11162 3718 11134 3709 11147
3704 11156 3700 11179 3700 11200 3700 11203
3700 11206 3722 11200 3754 11172
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
AD
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