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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
157 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH, SPECIFICALLY CAPITOL REEF
NATIONAL PARK...
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT.
* AT 157 PM MDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FLOOD WAVE IN
SULPHUR CREEK AT THE CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK WESTERN BOUNDARY.
BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN TO PRODUCE THIS
FLOOD WAVE. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING, AND WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE SULPHUR CREEK NARROWS WITHIN THE
PARK.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALL DRY WASHES,
CREEKS, AND SLOT CANYONS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK AND FRUITA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 3829 11139 3833 11138 3833 11132 3829 11118
3828 11118 3826 11135
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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